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posted 06-02-2007 12:21 PM               

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At one time the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) post office was a substation of the Orlando, Florida post office as "Orlando" appeared as part of the KSC hand cancel.

Is the KSC post office still part of Orlando or completely separate? If separate, any idea when that occurred?

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posted 06-02-2007 01:15 PM               

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There is an Orlando post office at the international airport facility that, overall, controls the mail stream from Kennedy Space Center. That regional post office complex still maintains KSC-related mail operations on a routine basis.

Much of the space philatelic operations, however, are now a part of a much smaller postal facility, or "store," located in Titusville, FL, at the intersection of Harrison and Barna streets.

Meanwhile, since July 1965, there is still in operation a separate postal station located inside the KSC Headquarters Bldg. of the space center's industrial area. All of the on-base spaceport's mail, both government and contractor, is handled and processed here. Requested philatelic mail is also processed, within limitations, at the same facility.

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posted 01-31-2011 11:08 AM               

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The KSC HQ building is past the security checkpoint, in the Industrial Area. I had to check in at the pass office when I was at KSC three years ago, and my pass (which had been arranged in advance) was checked at the security checkpoint.

I may be mistaken, but I don't believe they let visitors in who aren't on official business.

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