PHOTO OF THE DAY: Florida Rabbit Spotted on the Grounds of Kennedy Space Center
By NASA information center // July 31, 2024
Kennedy Space Center shares a border with the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge
BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – In the above image, a rabbit is nearly obscured by grass at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Kennedy shares a border with the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, which is home to over 31 mammal species and hundreds of bird, fish, amphibian, and reptile species.
Kennedy is responsible for more protected species than any other federal property in the continental United States, and there are diverse and varied efforts to protect and preserve ecological systems at the center while simultaneously supporting the NASA mission.
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, located along Florida’s Space Coast about 60 miles east of the city of Orlando, was established by agreement as an overlay of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s John F. Kennedy Space Center.
The refuge lies within one of the most productive estuaries in the country.
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