Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

Name:

Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/kennedy-space-center-launch-complex-39b

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Merrit Island, Florida, USA
2. What is the original construction?1960s
3. What is Launch Complex 39B?Launch Complex 39B is a big rocket launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It has a huge concrete platform and a flame trench to protect the ground from rocket exhaust.
4. Why was Launch Complex 39B built in the 1960s?It was built in the 1960s to support the very large Saturn V rockets that sent astronauts to the Moon during the Apollo missions.

Apollo Program: NASA's program that successfully landed humans on the Moon between 1969 and 1972.
Space Launch System (SLS): NASA's powerful rocket designed for deep space exploration, including the Artemis missions.
Flame Trench: A channel dug in front of the launch pad to direct rocket exhaust gases away from the pad and surrounding structures.