Cultural Resources Overview
Cultural Resources Help Us To Learn
Learning About Previous Accomplishments
Cultural resources are precontact or historic remains and indicators of past human activities. They include artifacts, sites, structures, landscapes, and objects of importance to a culture or community for scientific, traditional, religious, or other reasons. The Federal Government recognizes the value of irreplaceable cultural resources and has passed numerous laws to protect these resources such as the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA). Information on NASA’s Cultural Resources Management Program can be found here: Cultural Resource Management | NASA
KSC contains both precontact and historic cultural resources which tell the story of those who lived on and used the land in the past as well as the story of NASA’s historically significant contributions to science, technology, and space exploration. KSC has an active cultural resources management program which focuses both on archaeology and historic architecture and engineering and employs personnel to manage these cultural resources and compliance with federal laws related to their protection.
Cultural Resources at Kennedy Space Center
KSC Historic Properties
National Historic Landmarks
Historic Properties Booklet
Surveys and Studies
2011 Survey of NASA owned properties 45-50 years old
2015 Survey of NASA owned facilities built in the 1970’s
2016 Survey of NASA owned Real Property
Agency-wide Space Shuttle Program Survey: Cover Part I Part II
BOSU Survey
CCAFS Survey & Evaluation
HMP South & Boresight Control Building Historic Survey
Jay Jay Bridge, Railroad System, and Locomotives
KSC Space Shuttle Survey Report
KSC Survey & Evaluation of 45 Buildings 45-50 Years Old
NASA-owned CCAFS Industrial Area Historic Survey
SSPF Survey & Evaluation
Kennedy Historic American Building Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Recordation Efforts
Barge Terminal Facility
Beach House
Bioastronautics Operational Support Unit (BOSU)
Canister Rotation Facility (CRF)
Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF)
Crawler Transporter
Engineering & Operations Building (E&O)
Flight Crew Training Building (FCTB) / Engineering Development Lab (EDL)
Hangar AF Complex
Hangar M Annex
Haulover Canal Bridge
Haulover Canal Bridge: HAER | FMSF
Related FMSFs: Banana River Bridge | Indian River Bridge
Hypergol Maintenance & Checkout Area
Indian River Bridge
Construction Date: 1964—1965
Builder: B. B. McCormick and Sons of Titusville, Florida
Length of Bridge: Approximately 2,993 feet for the Indian River Bridge
Historic Significance: For its association with the Apollo program, Space Shuttle Program, the International Space Station for Space Exploration and Community Planning and Development, Transportation, and Engineering.
HAER: FL-8-C (8BR2957) Haulover Canal Bridge: HAER
HAER: FL-45 (8BR2956) NASA Causeway Bridge (Indian River Bridge): HAER
Related FMSF: Indian River Bridge
Description
The 1964 Indian River Bridge is a divided, four-lane, double-leaf bascule bridge on NASA Causeway West, also known as SR 405, which crosses over the Indian River (Figure 63). The bridge connects Titusville, Florida, to KSC traveling east and is located approximately four miles west of the KSC Industrial Area. The bridge has reinforced concrete approaches, aluminum handrails, and the bascule span creates an approximately 105-foot wide channel when open. The concrete bridge approaches are 1,460 x 28 feet and the bascule span is 142.75 x 28 feet. There is a three-story concrete control house that is 14.33 x 12.75 feet. The control house is capped by a metal and glass control room with a flat roof and walls that flare out from bottom to top. (NASA 1965d; Fears and Tzareff 2007:3).
Views of the Indian River Bridge
View of bridge from shore.
Center view of bridge from shore.
Center view of bridge from water.
Close-up view of bridge from water.
KSC Headquarters (HQ)
LC-34/Engineering Support Building
LC-34/Engineering Support Building Report (formerly called Operations Support Building) | CCAFS Diagram
Landing Aids Control Building
Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF): HAER | Spaceport News article | SLF video | SLF Runway FMSF
NOTE: The Mate-Demate Device (MDD) and Landing Aids Control Building (LACB) recordation data is within the SLF HAER | Landing Aids Control Building FMSF | LACB FMSF | MDD FMSF
Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A)
LC-39A HAER | Rubber Room Video
Pad A Related FMSFs: Launch Structure | LH2 Facility | High Pressure GH2 Facility | LOX Facility | Operations Support Building A-1 | Operations Support Building A-2 | Hypergol Oxidizer Facility | Hypergol Fuel Facility | Electrical Equipment Building No. 1 | Electrical Equipment Building No. 2 | Electrical Equipment Building No. 3 | Electrical Equipment Building No. 4 | Water Tank | Flare Stack | Camera No. 1 | Camera No. 2 | Camera No. 3 | Camera No. 4 | Camera No. 6 | Water Chiller Building | Slidewire Termination Facility | Foam Building
Launch Control Center (LCC) and Sun Louvers
Mate-Demate Device (MDD)
Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF): HAER | Spaceport News article | SLF video | SLF Runway FMSF
NOTE: The Mate-Demate Device (MDD) and Landing Aids Control Building (LACB) recordation data is within the SLF HAER | Landing Aids Control Building FMSF | LACB FMSF | MDD FMSF
Mission Control Center (MCC)
Mobile Launcher Platforms (MLP)
Operations & Checkout Building (O&C)
Orbiter Processing Facility High Bay 3
Parachute Refurbishment Facility (PRF)
Payload Canister
Press Site: Clock and Flag Pole
Press Site: Clock and Flag Pole: HAER | FMSF
Updated Information (2014): In reference to the HAER documentation completed in 2012, on pages 4 and 6 it discusses the installation of the Clock at the Press Site. Newly available information has revealed that the Clock was built and installed in 1969, whereby the Press Site and Flag Pole made its official debut on November 9, 1997.
Railway System / Jay Jay Bridge
Rotation Processing Surge Facility (RPSF)
Rotation Processing Surge Facility (RPSF): FMSF
Collection of the Rotation Processing Surge Facility (RPSF) photos
Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF)
Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF): HAER | Spaceport News article | SLF video | SLF Runway FMSF
NOTE: The Mate-Demate Device (MDD) and Landing Aids Control Building (LACB) recordation data is within the SLF HAER | Landing Aids Control Building FMSF | LACB FMSF | MDD FMSF
Solar Array Test Building
Solid Rocket Booster Retrieval Ships
The Historical Narrative captures anecdotes and specifications of the Solid Rocket Boosters Retrieval Ships.
Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF)
Space Transportation System (STS)
Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), VAB Utility Annex and Barge Terminal Facility
Space Transportation System (STS) Recordation
Space Shuttle Virtual Tour
HAER
Discovery Document Photos
STS Recordation Website
Memorandum/Programmatic Agreements
Identification and Disposition of NASA Artifacts (NPR 4310.1)
Programmatic Agreement among NASA, SHPO, and ACHP for Management of Historic Properties (KCA-4185)
Programmatic Agreement among NASA, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Offices, and the ACHP
Latest News
National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Consultations open for the 30-day public review can be found here.