Kennedy Space Center the military launch site "Cape Kennedy Air Force Station". Located on Merritt Island, Florida, the center is north-northwest of Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic Ocean, midway between Miami and Jacksonville on Florida's Space Coast, due east of Orlando. It is long and roughly wide, covering . KSC is a major central Florida tourist destination and is approximately one hour's drive from the Orlando area. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers public tours of the center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Because much of the installation is a restricted area and only nine percent of the land is developed,
Kakuda Space Center three separate Japanese space agencies, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), the National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL), and NASDA, merged to form the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). In 2005, the Kakuda Space Center was officially renamed the "Kakuda Space Propulsion Technology Research Center". Kakuda Space Center The predecessor to the Kakuda Space Center was established in 1965 as the "Kakuda Branch Laboratory" of the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan under the aegis of the Science and Technology Agency. In 1978, the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) constructed the "Kakuda Rocket Development Center" on the same campus. Its purpose