Video: Launch pad dating back to early days of space program demolished
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A landmark of the space program came tumbling down at Cape Canaveral, Florida on Thursday, July 12.
A launch pad that dates back to the early days of the space program was demolished.
An Air Force commander initiated the detonations -- which brought down the mobile gantries and towers at launch complex 17.
The demolitions comes about seven years after the complex hosted its last launch.