Kennedy Space Center history launch pad 39A. NASA Kennedy Space Center's historic Launch Complex 39A, the site from which numerous Apollo and space shuttle missions began, is beginning a new mission as a commercial launch site. Aerial view of Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They'll be some modifications to [the launch pad], but the historic elements we are leaving," Shotwell said. Launchpad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida sent the first astronauts to the moon, supported dozens of space shuttle missions, and now serves as … NASA signed a property agreement with Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., on Monday for use and occupancy of the seaside complex along Florida's central east coast. FLORIDA TODAY's Antonia Jaramillo gives you a brief history and the significance of Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A - now leased by SpaceX.