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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Florida –
With a last goodbye and the thrust of a piston, Brig. General Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing Commander, demolished the nearly 200-foot towers at 7 am on July 12 at Space Launch Complex 17 at the Cape Canaveral Air Station.

The demolition of the towers marks the first phase of a This contract, which was awarded in September 2016, included the demolition of the Delta II towers and related structures, as well as the rehabilitation of roadways and the restoration of the site .

"The towers were working horses at the time, supporting 325 launches between 1957 and 2011," said General Monteith. "For many, this launching complex has brought the space era closer to the early days of the era of big boosters.It is a bittersweet day when we say goodbye to these iconic towers, but their Demolition paves the way for innovation since Moon Express is working on the same sacred ground as LC-17 crews. "

Launch Complex 17 was built Research and Development of THOR Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles of the Air Force (IRBM) in 1956 were used by the Air Force and NASA to support DELTA launch operations until September 10, 2011. The complex included two launch pads, Pad 17A and Pad 17B. The NAVSTAR Global Positioning Satellite was launched from Buffer 17A on February 14, 1989.

Approximately 16,000 tonnes of metal and over 2,000 tonnes of concrete will be recycled from these demolition phases as part of Project 1 , $ 9 million.

"It's the busiest spaceport in the world, right here in Brevard County, Florida, and there's nothing more exciting than preparing for the future," he says. said General Monteith. "We do history every week here on the range, and today we are part of future history. I want to stay in this business and continue to immerse ourselves in maintaining American supremacy in the space throughout the future. "

Moon Express plans to reuse the site and use it for lunar landing and flight test operations.

" We are going into the future, "he said. "The hard work that has been done on this ground is a testimony of the DOD and NASA workers who have made their mark and paved the way for our current situation." The work being done here is absolutely remarkable. , and we look forward to the success of Moon Express, as they work on the same field as the LC-17 Crews, and you have some big shoes to fill. "

Learn more about history from SLC 17, visit http://afspacemuseum.org/library/histories/Delta.pdf