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Snapshots from a favorite tradition, our Holiday Dinner, sponsored by the U.S. Space Force Historical Foundation. We celebrated awards, honored five volunteers we’ve lost, and thanked the 100+ volunteers who power our mission. Happy Holidays. Semper Supra!
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#museum #space #history
December 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rupert the Space Armadillo, back when he was just a curious pup, is all dressed up in his Santa hat and ready to spread some holiday cheer. From our museum family to yours, wishing you a warm, joyful, and wonder-filled holiday season. Semper Supra!
#FollowRupert #space #spacecoast
#FollowRupert #space #spacecoast
December 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Rupert the Space Armadillo, back when he was just a curious pup, is all dressed up in his Santa hat and ready to spread some holiday cheer. From our museum family to yours, wishing you a warm, joyful, and wonder-filled holiday season. Semper Supra!
#FollowRupert #space #spacecoast
#FollowRupert #space #spacecoast
December 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
🎄🚀 Rupert Report from orbit! Rupert the Space Armadillo is circling Earth with astronaut Mike Finke and Crew 11 aboard the ISS. Fun fact: they’ll see Christmas Day about 16 times in 24 hours. Holiday cheer at orbital speed! 🌍✨
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#museum #space #FollowRupert
December 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🎄🚀 Rupert Report from orbit! Rupert the Space Armadillo is circling Earth with astronaut Mike Finke and Crew 11 aboard the ISS. Fun fact: they’ll see Christmas Day about 16 times in 24 hours. Holiday cheer at orbital speed! 🌍✨
#museum #space #FollowRupert
#museum #space #FollowRupert
Happy Wright Brothers Day! ✈️ On 17 Dec 1903, flight was born at Kitty Hawk. Just 47 years later, rockets launched from Cape Canaveral. Our museum was once called “the Kitty Hawk of the Space Age.” From wings to rockets, the Cape remains the world’s gateway to space. 🚀
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#museums #rockets #space
December 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
December 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Happy International Monkey Day! 🐒🚀 Before humans flew, monkeys led the way. On May 28, 1959, Able & Baker launched from Cape Canaveral’s LC-26 aboard a Jupiter missile, becoming America’s first successful animal spaceflight. #museums #MonkeyDay
December 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Happy International Monkey Day! 🐒🚀 Before humans flew, monkeys led the way. On May 28, 1959, Able & Baker launched from Cape Canaveral’s LC-26 aboard a Jupiter missile, becoming America’s first successful animal spaceflight. #museums #MonkeyDay
The Titan I trail runs from Denver to the Space Coast. One rare R&D Titan I debuted at Denver’s Civic Center in 1959, then moved east to Patrick AFB. After decades in Florida’s salt air, it vanished. That path explains why ours may be the last R&D Titan I left.
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#space #history #museums
December 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Check out our new temp display on Space Coast author Martin Caidin at the Sands Space History Center. His books helped shape how a generation imagined spaceflight. We’re marking the release of a new Caidin documentary, with a screening planned in the new year!
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#museums #space #history
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Mission update for young space fans. The Sands Space History Center got a fresh upgrade and is packed with launch history. We’re open 6 of 7 days a week. Remember it as “6-7.” Turn your hands into launch pads and send 6-7 soaring. Ask your parents to bring you by! 🚀
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#museums #sixseven #space
December 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
On this day in 1964, the last ASSET vehicle launched from Cape Canaveral. These small uncrewed reentry bodies gathered data for the X-20 Dyna-Soar spaceplane program. You can see one of these rare test vehicles up close at the Sands Space History Center.
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
On this day in 1964, the last ASSET vehicle launched from Cape Canaveral. These small uncrewed reentry bodies gathered data for the X-20 Dyna-Soar spaceplane program. You can see one of these rare test vehicles up close at the Sands Space History Center.
Rupert the Space Armadillo checked in from the ISS. Up there, staying strong is no joke. Astronauts work out about 2.5 hours a day to battle muscle & bone loss in microgravity. With specialized equipment, Rupert’s keeping those tiny space muscles in top shape. 🚀💪 #space #FollowRupert
December 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Rupert the Space Armadillo checked in from the ISS. Up there, staying strong is no joke. Astronauts work out about 2.5 hours a day to battle muscle & bone loss in microgravity. With specialized equipment, Rupert’s keeping those tiny space muscles in top shape. 🚀💪 #space #FollowRupert
Records suggest our Titan I isn’t just rare. It may be the last surviving R&D Titan I ever displayed and possibly the oldest one still standing! Its serial number tells the story. More clues coming soon. 🕵🚀 Check out more details here - www.linkedin.com/posts/james-...
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#museums #missiles #artifacts
#museums #artifacts #missiles #landofthetitans #history #capecanaveral #spacecoast #lovefl | James W. Draper
Meet the Granddaddy of the Titans
Our Titan I at historic Launch Complex 26 may not just be rare. It may be the rarest Titan of them all!
After digging through records from the early days of the Col...
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December 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Records suggest our Titan I isn’t just rare. It may be the last surviving R&D Titan I ever displayed and possibly the oldest one still standing! Its serial number tells the story. More clues coming soon. 🕵🚀 Check out more details here - www.linkedin.com/posts/james-...
#museums #missiles #artifacts
#museums #missiles #artifacts
Eighty years ago today, PBM-5 Mariner 59225 lifted off from Banana River NAS to search for five missing aircraft from Fort Lauderdale, later known as Flight 19. Neither the searchers nor the lost squadron were ever found. Today we remember their service and their sacrifice.
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Eighty years ago today, PBM-5 Mariner 59225 lifted off from Banana River NAS to search for five missing aircraft from Fort Lauderdale, later known as Flight 19. Neither the searchers nor the lost squadron were ever found. Today we remember their service and their sacrifice.
December 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Happy Giving Tuesday! 🚀
Consider supporting the U.S. Space Force Historical Foundation, the nonprofit that fuels preservation, education, and upgrades at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum. Help preserve the Cape’s Legacy of Launch!
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Consider supporting the U.S. Space Force Historical Foundation, the nonprofit that fuels preservation, education, and upgrades at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum. Help preserve the Cape’s Legacy of Launch!
#museums #space #givingtuesday
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Happy Giving Tuesday! 🚀
Consider supporting the U.S. Space Force Historical Foundation, the nonprofit that fuels preservation, education, and upgrades at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum. Help preserve the Cape’s Legacy of Launch!
#museums #space #givingtuesday
Consider supporting the U.S. Space Force Historical Foundation, the nonprofit that fuels preservation, education, and upgrades at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum. Help preserve the Cape’s Legacy of Launch!
#museums #space #givingtuesday
Paris just bumped Louvre tickets from $25 to $37 for non-European visitors.
At the Sands Space History Center, we took a different approach. We slashed admission from $0 to… $0.
Explore America’s space and missile history for free. Come visit!
#history #space #museums #lovefl
At the Sands Space History Center, we took a different approach. We slashed admission from $0 to… $0.
Explore America’s space and missile history for free. Come visit!
#history #space #museums #lovefl
November 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Gemini 2, the US’s first reused spacecraft, has been on display in our Exhibit Hall since 1969. It flew for NASA in 1965 and again for the MOL program in 1966. Early visitors asked to see a real capsule, and Smithsonian answered. A quiet pioneer in reusability. #museums #space
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Happy National Absurdity Day! On 21 Nov 1960, Mercury-Redstone 1 lit, rose four inches, shut down, and the escape tower launched itself. The capsule ended up sitting on the booster like a parade float. A perfect early-space blooper.
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#space #AbsurdityDay #history
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happy National Absurdity Day! On 21 Nov 1960, Mercury-Redstone 1 lit, rose four inches, shut down, and the escape tower launched itself. The capsule ended up sitting on the booster like a parade float. A perfect early-space blooper.
#space #AbsurdityDay #history
#space #AbsurdityDay #history
Rupert the Space Armadillo is still holding the fort on the ISS. Even through the shutdown, he kept floating, exploring, and loving microgravity.
While he racked up the miles, the ISS hit 25 years of continuous human presence on Nov 2!
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While he racked up the miles, the ISS hit 25 years of continuous human presence on Nov 2!
#FollowRupert #space #museums
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Rupert the Space Armadillo is still holding the fort on the ISS. Even through the shutdown, he kept floating, exploring, and loving microgravity.
While he racked up the miles, the ISS hit 25 years of continuous human presence on Nov 2!
#FollowRupert #space #museums
While he racked up the miles, the ISS hit 25 years of continuous human presence on Nov 2!
#FollowRupert #space #museums
The shutdown is over! The Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum, including the Sands Space History Center, reopens Tuesday, Nov 18. Thanks for your patience. See you soon! 🚀
#museum #space #capecanaveral #spacecoast #lovefl
#museum #space #capecanaveral #spacecoast #lovefl
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The shutdown is over! The Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum, including the Sands Space History Center, reopens Tuesday, Nov 18. Thanks for your patience. See you soon! 🚀
#museum #space #capecanaveral #spacecoast #lovefl
#museum #space #capecanaveral #spacecoast #lovefl
November 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM