Facts About the Kennedy Space Center:

About 1.5 million people visit the Kennedy Space Center every year to experience there very own space adventure. Guests may choose food from many self-service restaurants. The name may be deceiving, but President Eisenhower actually founded it in 1958. But the NASA Operations Center in Florida opened in 1962. The Kennedy Space Center became the launch site for the Space Shuttle program beginning in 1981. 13,100 employees in 2011. The Kennedy Space Center is primarily a functioning base for NASA.