Cape Canaveral Space Force Station – 3D Historic Launch Complexes
Browse the 3D Collections for the Cape Canaveral Space History Collection below.
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Quarterman South Cemetery
Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information
There are three historic 19th Century graves in this family settlement cemetery, located on what is today Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. All graves are found aligned east/west, and were confirmed as part of our geophysical survey, which included terrestrial laser scanning of the site. The three burials identified by markers include that of George W. G. M. Quarterman and his wife Mary A. Quarterman, along with their three-month old grandchild, Verginia W. Quarterman. Mary and Verginia have original grave markers, while George’s grave is marked with a headstone that was placed sometime between 1994 and 2006 atop a cement marker.
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Quarterman South Gravestones
Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information
A small family cemetery that is located today at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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The Penny Historic Cemetery
Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information
The Penny Cemetery (8BR2354) site is located today on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Our survey included subsurface remote sensing with ground penetrating radar (GPR), performed along with GPS and terrestrial laser scanning and mapping. Results suggest one burial, with the anomaly likely attributed to the historic monument location for Maria Penny, although there is the possibility for an intrusive burial relating to her husband, Nathan N., which may be overlapping with Maria’s grave. Follow-up from field verification work is needed to confirm. The Penny’s had a homestead on the Banana River off the Canaveral Peninsula in the vicinity of this burial plot. The homestead included an orange grove. Nathan served as Postmaster for the settlement that bore his name.
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Thermonuclear Warhead GE AVCO Mark 5 Test
Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information
Photogrammetry (color removed ) model from our digital program with the Space Launch Delta 45 Program. The Mark 5 Reentry vehicle was used on the LGM-30 Minuteman I & II ICBMs to protect its warhead as it reentered the atmosphere. The steel honeycomb structure has a quartz resin coating that burns away during reentry to dissipate the heat. Inside the reentry vehicle is a Type W59 thermonuclear warhead with a yield equivalent to one million tons of TNT. Test launches of Minuteman I missiles began in February 1961 at LC-31 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The first operational missiles came into service in October 1962. This Mark 5 was launched from Vandenberg AFB, California, in the early 1960’s as part of a test exercise. The piece was recovered from the target site at Eniwetok Atoll and given to the Air Force Space and Missile Museum in 1965 and is today on display at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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Wave Guide Access Structure
Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information
Facility 56608 was the Wave Guide Access Structure for a portable radar unit from the now demolished Area 55 facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The poured concrete ramp and stand had a T-shaped opening and connections for securing antenna were evident. Ideal CAD model.
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Wilson Brothers Cemetery 3D Terrain
Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information
This historic cemetery located on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, has two marked burials for the brothers Alfred B. Wilson and Frank M. Wilson. These 20th Century burials are each marked with marble headstones, and in the southwest corner there is a memorial plaque. The plaque, placed on the site in the 1960s, reads: THIS GRAVESITE OF A FELLOW/CHIEF PETTY OFFICER/IS MAINTAINED BY THE/CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS/ASSOCIATION/NAVAL ORDINANCE TEST UNIT.
