Looking back at the construction of Kennedy Space Center
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CENTER.REPORTER: MAY 5, 1961, CAPECANAVERAL.A SILVER-SUITED DAREDEVIL NAMEDALAN SHEPARD STEPS OUT OF THETRANSPORT VAN, ONTO THE LAUNPAD, AND LOOKS UP.UP AT THE CONVERTED MILITARYMISSILE HE WOULD BE STRAPPED TOTHE TOP OF, TO MAKE HISTORLIFTOFF.REPORTER: THAT 15-MINUTE HOPINTO SPACE WOULD CHANGE THEWORLD, AND CERTAINLY CHANGECENTRAL FLORIDA YEAR AND A HALF LATER,PRESIDENT JOHN F.
KENNEDY WOULDDEFINE THE CHALLENGE.