This is Pad 39B, which was originally designed for the Apollo program. Like its counterpart, Pad 39A, it covers a quarter of a square mile and is on top of a "hardstand," a large concrete mound
that rises 48 feet above the ground below. Pad B, as it is known, was significantly modified from its Apollo days, and is about to be heavily modified again, as it is expected to be the launching pad next April for the first test of NASA's newest rocket program, the
Constellation.
However, it will be used as an emergency backup launching pad this October when NASA sends a space shuttle up to work on repairs to the Hubbell Telescope.
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