Space Coast

Florida's Space Coast surrounding Merritt Island, seen from the International Space Station

The Space Coast is a region in the U.S. state of Florida around Kennedy Space Center (KSC), where NASA launched Space Shuttles until the last one on July 8, 2011 at 11:29 a.m.; and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, site of unmanned civilian and military space launches. Cities in the area include Titusville, Cocoa, Rockledge, Cape Canaveral, Merritt Island (unincorporated), Cocoa Beach, Melbourne and Palm Bay. Most of the area lies within Brevard County. It is bounded on the south by the Treasure Coast. It is bounded on the west and north by Central Florida and is economically tied to that region. It is bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean.

The Space Coast area code

Once the area became too populated to be served by one area code, a local resident discovered that area code 321 was not assigned to any other territory (though it was being considered for the suburban Chicago area). If each number is pronounced individually—"3, 2, 1"; the pronunciation resembles the countdown before liftoff; thus, the resident petitioned for the code to be assigned to the Space Coast region. His efforts were popular among local residents and resulted in success; the new code became effective on November 1, 1999.

Space-named landmarks (outside KSC and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station)

• Alan Shepard Park, Cocoa Beach
• Apollo Boulevard, Melbourne
• Apollo Elementary School, Titusville^{[citation needed]}
• Armstrong Drive, Titusville
• Astronaut Boulevard, Cape Canaveral
• Astronaut High School, Titusville
• Atlantis Elementary School, Port St. John
• Challenger Memorial Parkway, (State Road 407), Titusville
• Challenger 7 Elementary School, Port St. John
• Chaffee Drive, Titusville
• Christa McAuliffe drawbridge, Merritt Island
• Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Palm Bay
• Columbia Boulevard (State Road 405), Titusville
• Columbia Elementary School, Palm Bay
• Columbia Village, Melbourne (Florida Institute of Technology)
• Discovery Elementary School, Palm Bay^{[citation needed]}
• Endeavour Elementary Magnet school, Cocoa
• Enterprise Elementary School, Cocoa
• Freedom 7 Elementary School, Cocoa Beach
• Gemini Elementary School, Melbourne Beach
• Grissom Parkway, Cocoa
• I Dream Of Jeannie Drive, Cocoa Beach
• John F. Kennedy Middle School, Rockledge
• Jupiter Boulevard, Palm Bay
• Jupiter Elementary School, Palm Bay
• Kennedy Point Park, Titusville
• Ronald McNair Middle Magnet School, Rockledge
• MILA Elementary School, Merritt Island
• Minutemen Causeway, Cocoa Beach
• NASA Boulevard (State Road 508), Melbourne
• Satellite Beach, Florida
• Satellite Boulevard, Cocoa
• Satellite High School, Satellite Beach
• Saturn Elementary School, Cocoa
• Shepard Drive, Titusville
• Space Coast Academy, Melbourne
• Space Coast Jr./Sr. High School
• Space Coast Stadium, Viera, Florida
• Space Coast Surge, a member of the Florida Winter Baseball League played out of Cocoa in 2009
• Space View Park, Titusville
• White Drive, Titusville

See also

• Space Coast Office of Tourism
• Gold Coast
• Treasure Coast
• First Coast

External links

• Space Coast Wiki—a community wiki for the Space Coast.