Cape Canaveral, Florida (home to NASA's Kennedy Space Center), is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the Sunshine State.

Cape Canaveral is home to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), while the adjacent Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the actual "home" of NASA's primary launch operations. In 2026, the distinction remains important: CCSFS is operated by the U.S. Space Force and handles many commercial and military launches, whereas KSC is the NASA-owned facility used for the Artemis moon missions. However, the two facilities are essentially neighbors on Merritt Island and the Cape, sharing the same "Space Coast" geography. In 2026, Cape Canaveral has become a multi-user spaceport where NASA, the Space Force, SpaceX, and Blue Origin all operate side-by-side. While NASA’s headquarters are in Washington D.C., and its mission control is in Houston (Johnson Space Center), the "Cape" is the physical gateway where NASA’s rockets, like the Space Launch System (SLS), actually leave the Earth. So, while NASA "lives" there, it shares the neighborhood with military and private aerospace giants.