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Cape Canaveral Marks 75 Years Since First Space Coast Launch

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUL 24 – Cape Canaveral has supported thousands of launches including crewed Moon missions and space station construction, marking 75 years of continuous space exploration achievements.

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Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of the successful liftoff of Bumper 8.

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Cape Canaveral marks 75 years since first Space Coast launch

Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of the successful liftoff of Bumper 8.

·Saint Petersburg, United States
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75 years ago, the first rocket took off in Cape Canaveral. The beginning of an era at the most important space station in the United States to dateMore than 1000 rockets, missiles and manned space vehicles have been launched by the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to this day.The first rocket to take off from the space station in the U.S. state of Florida on July 24, 1950, 75 years ago, was the "Bumper 8". It was a first step to travel to the …

The history of perhaps the most famous space base began 75 years ago. The first rocket was launched from there on July 24, 1950. It was called Bumper and was a modified Nazi V2 carrier combined with a second stage from WAC Corporal.

·Čestlice, Czechia
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iDNES.cz broke the news in Čestlice, Czechia on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
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