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Cape Canaveral Restored As Cape Kennedy Reappears
A Florida hearing restored the historic Cape Canaveral name while the nearby NASA launch facility stays John F. Kennedy Space Center. The interagency panel endorsed the change to align federal and state naming, with Stephen A. Wakefield signing the order.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Cape Canaveral
Cape Kennedy
Florida
Interagency Committee On Domestic Geographic Names
Interior Department
Stephen A. Wakefield
Interior
Johnson
Canaveral
Ponce de Leon
de Leon
Cape
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Merritt Island
John F. Kennedy Space Center