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At Cape Canaveral Air Station's (CCAS) Complex 3/4, officials held a ceremony kicking off a year-long series of events commemorating 50 years of launches from the Space Coast that began with the Bumper rockets. At right, Norris Gray, a Bumper Program veteran, unveils a street sign that will be used to mark the road leading to the launch complex from which Bumper was launched. Seen on the stage are, left to right, Lt. Col. Randall K. Horn (at the podium), Commander, CCAS; Congressman David Weldon, 15th Congressional District of the State of Florida; Lieutenant Governor of the State of Florida Frank T. Brogan; Center Director Roy D. Bridges; and Executive Director Edward F. Gormel, Joint Performance Management Office. Also present (but not seen) is Brig. Gen. Donald P. Pettit, Commander, 45th Space Wing. After six Bumper launches at White Sands Proving Grounds, N.M., and a failed Bumper 7, a successful Bumper 8 lifted off July 24, 1950, from Complex 3/4 to conduct aerodynamic investigations around Mach 7 at relatively low altitudes. The kick-off event also inaugurated a student art contest to design a commemorative etching. The winning artwork will be permanently displayed on a 24-inch black granite square in the U.S. Space Walk Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla KSC-99pp1067

At Cape Canaveral Air Station's (CCAS) Complex 3/4, officials held a c...

At Cape Canaveral Air Station's (CCAS) Complex 3/4, officials held a ceremony kicking off a year-long series of events commemorating 50 years of launches from the Space Coast that began with the Bumper rockets.... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Thomas Howard, chief medical officer at the V.A. Outpatient Clinic in Viera, Fla., speaks to guests during the dedication of a hospital wing in honor of space shuttle Discovery, to be known as the Discovery wing. Joining in the dedication are, seated at left, STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins, Norris Gray and Center Director Jim Kennedy. Gray was a long-time employee of Kennedy Space Center, in charge of fire safety from 1949 until his retirement in 1984. Collins and her crew have returned to Florida especially for a celebration in the KSC Visitor Complex of the successful return to flight mission that launched July 26 of this year. KSC-05pd2378

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Thomas Howard, chief medical office...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Thomas Howard, chief medical officer at the V.A. Outpatient Clinic in Viera, Fla., speaks to guests during the dedication of a hospital wing in honor of space shuttle Discover... More