Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B

Launch Complex 39B (LC-39B) is the second of Launch Complex 39's three launch pads, located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida. The pad, along with Launch Complex 39A, was first designed for the Saturn V launch vehicle, which at the time was the United States' most powerful rocket. Typically used to launch NASA's crewed spaceflight missions since the late 1960s, the pad is currently configured for use by the agency's Space Launch System rocket, a Shuttle-derived launch vehicle which is currently used in the Artemis program and subsequent Moon to Mars campaigns. The pad had also been leased by NASA to aerospace company Northrop Grumman, for use as a launch site for their Shuttle-derived OmegA launch vehicle, for National Security Space Launch flights and commercial launches, before the OmegA program was cancelled.

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New Lightning Protection System KSC LC39

ASTP Launch - GPN-2000-000643

STS-28 Rollout - GPN-2000-000669

Discovery was rolled out to Launch Pad 39-B on March 15-16 for final launch preparations

STS-31 Mission Specialist Steven A. Hawley stands near the emergency exit system at the 194-foot level of Launch Pad 39B

STS-31 Mission Specialists Steven A. Hawley (left) and Kathryn D. Sullivan, and Commander Loren J. Shriver prepare to enter the orbiter Discovery from the 195-foot level at Launch Pad 39B

STS-31 Pilot Charles F. Bolden, left, and Commander Loren J. Shriver prepare to enter the orbiter Discovery from the 195-foot level at Launch Pad 39B

The orbiter Discovery is unveiled as rollback of the Rotating Service Structure begins during final prelaunch preparations at Launch Pad 39B on April 9.

The orbiter Discovery is unveiled as rollback of the Rotating Service Structure begins during final prelaunch preparations at Launch Pad 39B on April 9.

STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle 103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		New Lightning Protection System KSC LC39		Commons
commons	image		ASTP Launch - GPN-2000-000643		Commons
commons	image		STS-28 Rollout - GPN-2000-000669		Commons
commons	image		Discovery was rolled out to Launch Pad 39-B on March 15-16 for final launch preparations		Commons
commons	image		STS-31 Mission Specialist Steven A. Hawley stands near the emergency exit system at the 194-foot level of Launch Pad 39B		Commons
commons	image		STS-31 Mission Specialists Steven A. Hawley (left) and Kathryn D. Sullivan, and Commander Loren J. Shriver prepare to enter the orbiter Discovery from the 195-foot level at Launch Pad 39B		Commons
commons	image		STS-31 Pilot Charles F. Bolden, left, and Commander Loren J. Shriver prepare to enter the orbiter Discovery from the 195-foot level at Launch Pad 39B		Commons
commons	image		The orbiter Discovery is unveiled as rollback of the Rotating Service Structure begins during final prelaunch preparations at Launch Pad 39B on April 9.		Commons
commons	image		The orbiter Discovery is unveiled as rollback of the Rotating Service Structure begins during final prelaunch preparations at Launch Pad 39B on April 9.		Commons
commons	image		STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle 103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B		Commons