C. Farris Bryant (D-Fla.) to change the name of Cape Canaveral to Cape Kennedy. This resulted in some confusion in public perception, which conflated the two. NASA Administrator James E. Webb clarified this by issuing a directive stating the Kennedy Space Center name applied only to Merritt Island, while the Air Force issued a general order renaming the Air Force Station launch site Cape Kennedy Air Force Station.
The change of Cape Canaveral's name to Cape Kennedy led to some confusion in public perception, which resulted from the conflation of the two names. NASA Administrator James E. Webb clarified this by issuing a directive specifying that the Kennedy Space Center name only applied to Merritt Island, while the Air Force issued a general order renaming the launch site Cape Kennedy Air Force Station.