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President John F. Kennedyresident John F. Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral on three separate occasions, twice in 1962 and November 16, 1963. He presided over a roject Mercury ceremony to award John Glenn the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, toured the Launch Operations Center complexes nd rode in a helicopter over the Merritt Island Launch Area, which was under construction to support the Apollo Program. On November 9, 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson renamed the Launch Operations Center the John F. Kennedy Space Center.
For more information visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/history/index.html
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