Thermal Protection System Facility (TPSF) HAER - Environmental ...

HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, LAUNCH COMPLEX 39,
THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM FACILITY (John F. Kennedy Space Center)
HAER No. FL-8-11-L
Location:
North of the Orbiter Towway, east of Kennedy Parkway North
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Cape Canaveral
Brevard County
Florida
Date of Construction: 1986-1988
U.S.G.S. 7.5. minute Orsino, Florida, quadrangle,
Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates:
17.533715.3162079
Architect:
Builder:
Present Owner:
Present Use:
Significance:
Jacobs Engineering Group, Lakeland, Florida
Holloway Construction, Titusville, Florida
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001
Aerospace Facility-manufacturing spacecraft thermal protection systems
The Thermal Protection System Facility (TPSF) is considered eligible for
listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in the context of
the U.S. Space Shuttle program (1969-2010) under Criterion A in the area
of Space Exploration. Because it has achieved significance within the past
50 years, Criteria Consideration G applies. The TPSF is significant as one
of only two NASA-owned assets constructed exclusively to house the
manufacture and repair of the space shuttle’s thermal protection and
thermal control systems, essential to the success of the Space Shuttle
program. Additionally, the TPSF is considered a contributing resource to
the NRHP-eligible Orbiter Processing Historic District.
Project Information: The documentation of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch
Complex 39, Thermal Protection System Facility was conducted in 2010
for the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) by Archaeological
Consultants, Inc. (ACI), under contract to Innovative Health Applications
(IHA), and in accordance with KSC’s Programmatic Agreement (PA)
Regarding Management of Historic Properties, dated May 18, 2009. The