Launch Complex 34 (LC-34) is a deactivated launch site on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. LC-34 and its companion LC-37 to the north were used by NASA from 1961 through 1968 to launch Saturn I and IB rockets as part of the Apollo program .

The launch pad consists of a reinforced concrete pad, 430′ in diameter and 8″ thick, launch pedestal 42′ square and 27′ high with a 26′ exhaust opening, umbilical tower 24′ square by 240′ high, and Mobile Service Tower, 70′ x 130′ base and 310′ high weighing 2,800 tons.

Launch Complex 34 was constructed for the NASA Saturn I rocket program. The complex was built at a cost of about $6.2 million. Construction began in June, 1959 with acceptance by NASA on January 10, 1962. The site featured a single blockhouse and single launch pad, serviced by a large mobile service tower.

2018年7月9日 · Launch Complex 34 was first used for Saturn 1 rockets in 1961. It was later modified to support Saturn 1B launches beginning in 1966. It was here on Friday, 27 th of January 1967 that the crew of Apollo 1 died in an accident during a countdown rehearsal. Only the launch platform remains standing today, at the base of which is a plaque which reads:

2022年12月21日 · The launchpad fire was catastrophic on myriad levels. Not only had it taken the lives of three astronauts, it had also undermined confidence in NASA’s ability to meet President John F. Kennedy’s end-of-decade moonshot vow.

2013年7月1日 · What was once a hotbed for NASA rocket departures, Launch Complex 34 (LC-34) in Cape Canaveral, Florida is now abandoned and dedicated to preserving the memory of the three astronauts who...

Launch Complex 34 is currently active, and has witnessed the launch of 9 rockets, including 3 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 999 rocket launches, with a tally of 59 booster landings recorded.

2021年4月23日 · Launch Complex 34 was the launchpad that kicked the infamous Apollo program off the ground, literally. It was also where the pilots of Apollo 1 tragically lost their lives when their spacecraft exploded during their launch rehearsal. The disaster shocked the nation, reminding the general public just how dangerous spaceflight really is.

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 (LC-34) is a launch site on Cape Canaveral, Florida. LC-34 and its twin to the north, LC-37, were used by NASA as part of the Apollo Program to launch Saturn I and IB rockets from 1961 through 1968.

Apollo-Saturn IB AS-201 launch from Pad 34, Kennedy Space Center, 26 February 1966. (NASA) 26 February 1966: AS-201, the first Apollo/Saturn IB, was launched, carrying the first complete Block 1 Apollo Command and Service Module on an unmanned suborbital test flight.