This photo series covers the Kennedy Space Center's "Today and Tomorrow" tour. 

The tour starts at the visitor's complex, then stops at a midway point between the Kennedy and Cape Canaveral AS launch complexes.  From there, it heads to a photo point between the LS 39A and LS 39B launch pads, thence to the Vehical Assembly Building, thence to the Saturn V museum.

Of historical interest is the LS 39B site, which was built to test the Ares II launch vehicle.  That program was cancelled by the Administration in 2010, and was being dismantled.

  • Command Module
  • Command Module
  • Command Module
  • Command Module
  • RCA Television Camera October 11-22, 1968 Apollo 7 Apollo 7 was not only the first manned mission of the Apollo program, but also the first time American audiences could see the astronauts during the mission. The "Wally, Walt and Donn Show" was aired each USA morning as the spacecraft passed over the COrpus Christi, Texas and Cape Kennedy, Florida tracking stations. Each of the seven live broadcasts began with "Hello from the Lovely Apollo room, high atop everything." Atronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walt Cunningham were so popular with audiences, they received a special Emmy award, television's highest honor for excellence.
  • EVA Training Glove July 16-24, 1969 Apollo 11 This glove was used by astronaut Buzz Aldrin to train for the Apollo 11 moon landing. Additional sets of gloves were specifically made for training. The glove is constructed of an outer shell of Chromel-R fabric (woven stainless steel) with thermal insulation to provide protection while handling extremely hot or cold objects. The blue fingertips were made of silicone rubber to provide sensitivity. The inner glove was of a rubber/neoprene compound, into which the restraint system was integrated, and they attached to the spacesuit using the same mechanism as the intra-vehicular gloves.
  • "Go/No Go Cue Card December 7-19, 1972 Apollo 17 "Titled Mission Rules No-Go's on the front and Alarm Codes (PDI) on the back, this printed cardstock page, covered with lunar dust, was flown to the moon on Apollo 17's lunar module Challenger. The information on this card could literally make the difference between a successful or failed mission. "The astronauts received intense and thorough training, but still relied on these cue cards when events were happening quickly during mission-critical periods."
  • Hand Casts of Apollo Astronauts 1960s International Latex Corporation In addition to making plaster hand casts, the crew had full body casts made. When completed, the body casts then supported the manufacture of a set of spacesuits custom-made to the astronaut's shape. This was usually a set of three; one to be used for training, one to be used for flight and a third to be held in reserve as a backup suit in the vent of damage to one of the others. Casts like these were specifically made to create the gloves that each individual astronaut would be issued. It was considered especially important tht the astronaut's hands be capable of holding and operating equipment, some as blunt as scoops and some as fine as cameras. (F-B: Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins)
  • "Litton B1-A Advanced Extra-Vehicular Suit 1960s Litton Industries This suit was manufactured by Litton Industries, which made a series of advanced spacesuits during the early 1960s. This one is called the B1-A, of which approximately six were made. This particular suit was not equipped with a thermal cover-layer. These experimental suits were designed to maintain an almost perfect constant volume of air while enabling a full range of body motions. "The development of the spheroidal dome helmet was key in balancing the need for field of view, pressure compensation and low weight. "Althrough the Litton research program closed in the early 1970s, spacesuit research continued until the 1990s, during which period some of the most advanced and fascinating suits ever fabricated were produced."