Central Instrumentation Facility, Merritt Island
Facts and practical information
The Central Instrumentation Facility was a building in the Kennedy Space Center industrial area that functioned as the core of instrumentation and data processing operations during the Apollo program and the early years of the Space Shuttle program. It centralized the handling of the center's data including offices, laboratories and test stations; and housed general instrumentation activities serving more than one launch complex. The CIF also included the Central Timing Facility, where a precision clock drove countdown clocks and other timing devices at KSC that required a high degree of accuracy. ()
1 St SEMerritt Island
Central Instrumentation Facility – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Shuttle Launch Experience, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, Air Force Space and Missile Museum, Space Mirror Memorial.