Air Force Space and Missile Museum

Place Category: Museums & Historic Sites

Since opening to the public in 1966, the Air Force Space and Missile Museum has introduced millions of visitors to the history of rocketry and space flight. The museum grounds encompass two adjoining launch complexes, Launch Complex 26 and Launch Complex 5/6.

The Air Force Space & Missile Museum is located at Launch Complex 26 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The museum is accessible to the general public from a bus tour called "Cape Canaveral: Then and Now" that originates from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The two and one-half hour tour includes a tour of the museum and stops at several historic sites on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The tour runs 7 days a week, launch schedule permitting. (There is a fee for the tour.)

The Air Force Space and Missile History Center, an extension of the museum, is open to the general public six days a week and is staffed by volunteers.  The History Center is located just outside the south gate. Parking and admission is free.