Home > Visit the Museum. It is slightly north of Port Canaveral. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The 45th Space Wing announced Tuesday the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station will close its launch viewing site to guests and a public viewing location outside the base gates. Special launch viewing areas are provided for visitors based on safety protocols of the United States Air Force Eastern Test Range. The gate itself is a few hundred yards east of this sign. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers launch viewing opportunities for rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center and adjacent Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This later became the Cape Canaveral Auxiliary Air Force Base. Due to restricted access at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, each visitor on this tour must register with visitor complex security officers between 9 am and 10:00 am on the day of the tour.

Old Pioneer Cemetery Situated in the median of Phillips Parkway, the main north-south highway on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, is the most prominent of 10 known burial places on the Cape. Visit the Museum - The museum at Launch Complex 26 is accessible to the general public via a special bus tour called "Cape Canaveral Early Space Tour" that originates from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.The two and one-half hour tour includes a tour of the museum and stops at several historic sites on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The area that now makes up Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was established in 1949 as the Joint Long Range Proving Ground, a facility dedicated to the testing of rockets and missiles. Early Postmaster, Samuel L. Jeffords, purchased this piece of property for … Register at the Information center located at the main entrance.