Port Canaveral
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Port Canaveral is a cruise, cargo, and naval port in Brevard County, Florida, United States. As of 2025, the port has the busiest cruise terminals in the world with over 8.6 million revenue passenger
The Exploration Tower
Panoramic view taken from Exploration Tower. Passenger ships from left to right: Disney Cruise Line ship, Carnival Liberty, and Mariner of the Seas.
The rocket booster recovery ship Freedom Star with a spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-114 launch in tow as it makes its way through Port Canaveral.
Tugboats at dock in Port Canaveral (2016)
SpaceX CRS-8
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SpaceX CRS-8, also known as SpX-8, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station which was launched on April 8, 2016, at 20:43 UTC. It was the 23rd flight of a Falcon 9
The CRS-8 SpaceX Dragon captured by Canadarm on April 10, 2016
Falcon 9 lifting off from SLC-40 on April 8, 2016.
First stage of Falcon 9 Flight 23 landed on autonomous spaceport drone ship
CRS-8 on the pad