Floridaas Space Coast is an area that got its name from one of the mostexciting times in United States history. Settlers were living in Brevard Countyas far bac... » 

Floridaas Space Coast is an area that got its name from one of the mostexciting times in United States history. Settlers were living in Brevard Countyas far back as the 1800s and even after World War II it was still a quietplace to live. Cities and beach towns along 74 miles of Atlantic Oceancoastline were thrust into the modern age in the early 1950s when rocketsbegan lighting up the skies above them. By the end of that decade the spacerace had begun and the nation would set a path to put men on the moon. Theareaas population surged with over 200000 new residents and things wouldnever be the same. It was a time when people risked their lives for spaceexploration and a community came together to make it happen. «