Changes: McKinley Rocket Base

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McKinley Rocket Base was an American installation utilized and maintained by NASA for the purpose of launching payloads into orbit. Located ten miles south of Highway 949, it was the site of the launch of a nuclear warhead platform in 1968. The installation also housed at least one liquid hydrogen assembly area.

In that year, Gary Seven, a Human raised by aliens, infiltrated McKinley Base and attempted to sabotage the rocket carrying the platform, in an attempt to frighten the governments of Earth into abandoning their plans to deliver nuclear weapons in orbit. Believing Seven to be a hostile alien, Captain James T. Kirk and Lieutenant Commander Spock of the USS Enterprise, which had traveled back in time from the year 2268, followed Seven to the base in an attempt to stop him, but were subsequently discovered and taken into custody by base security. (TOS: "Assignment: Earth")

Personnel

See: McKinley Rocket Base personnel

Background information

The Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 31) identified the McKinley Rocket Base as an American military space launch facility.

"McKinley Rocket Base" was actually a fusion of NASA stock footage taken at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and newly-shot scenes at Paramount Pictures studios, namely, the Marlene Dietrich Building across from the Commissary. The vehicle launched from this base was stock footage of an early Saturn V booster. (Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 31); [1]^(X))

In the afterward of the novel From History's Shadow, Dayton Ward said that he placed McKinley Rocket Base as the equivalent of the real-world Patrick Air Force Base.

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-'''McKinley Rocket Base''' was an [[America]]n installation utilized and maintained by [[NASA]] for the purpose of launching payloads into [[orbit]]. Located ten miles south of [[Highway 949]], it was the site of the launch of a [[nuclear warhead platform]] in [[1968]].
+'''McKinley Rocket Base''' was an [[America]]n installation utilized and maintained by [[NASA]] for the purpose of launching payloads into [[orbit]]. Located ten miles south of [[Highway 949]], it was the site of the launch of a [[nuclear warhead platform]] in [[1968]]. The installation also housed at least one [[liquid hydrogen]] assembly area.
-In that year, [[Gary Seven]], a [[human]] raised by [[alien]]s, infiltrated McKinley Base and attempted to sabotage the [[rocket]] carrying the platform, in an attempt to frighten the [[government]]s of [[Earth]] into abandoning their plans to deliver nuclear weapons in orbit. Believing Seven to be a hostile alien, [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]] and [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Spock]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, which had [[time travel|traveled back in time]] from the year [[2268]], followed Seven to the base in an attempt to stop him, but were subsequently discovered and taken into custody by base security. ({{TOS|Assignment: Earth}})
+In that year, [[Gary Seven]], a [[Human]] raised by [[alien]]s, infiltrated McKinley Base and attempted to [[sabotage]] the [[rocket]] carrying the platform, in an attempt to frighten the [[government]]s of [[Earth]] into abandoning their plans to deliver nuclear weapons in orbit. Believing Seven to be a hostile alien, [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]] and [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Spock]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, which had [[time travel|traveled back in time]] from the year [[2268]], followed Seven to the base in an attempt to stop him, but were subsequently discovered and taken into custody by base security. ({{TOS|Assignment: Earth}})
-== Background ==
+== Personnel ==
+* '''See''': [[McKinley Rocket Base personnel]]
-"McKinley Rocket Base" was actually a fusion of [[NASA]] stock footage taken at the {{w|Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy Space Center}} at {{w|Cape Canaveral|Cape Canaveral}}, [[Florida]], and newly-shot scenes at [[Paramount Pictures]] studios, namely, the {{w|Marlene Dietrich|Marlene Dietrich}} Building across from the Commissary. (''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' 2nd ed., p. 294; {{brokenlink|url=http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/bst/article/16995.html}})
+== Background information ==
-[[Category:Earth]]
+The {{ste|4|2|31}} identified the McKinley Rocket Base as an [[American]] military space launch facility.
+"McKinley Rocket Base" was actually a fusion of [[NASA]] stock footage taken at the {{w|Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy Space Center}} at {{w|Cape Canaveral|Cape Canaveral}}, [[Florida]], and newly-shot scenes at [[Paramount Pictures]] studios, namely, the Marlene Dietrich Building across from the Commissary. The vehicle launched from this base was stock footage of an early [[Saturn V]] booster. (''Encyclopedia'' (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 31); {{st.com|bl=1|startrek/view/features/bst/article/16995.html}})
+In the afterward of the novel ''[[From History's Shadow]]'', [[Dayton Ward]] said that he placed McKinley Rocket Base as the equivalent of the real-world Patrick Air Force Base.
+[[fr:Base McKinley]]
+[[Category:Earth locations]]