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Friday, October 10, 2025

Worker Plunges to His Death from Scaffolding at Kennedy Space Center

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(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — A worker fell to his death at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday in what was believed to be the facility’s first non-flight emergency in decades.

United Space Alliance engineer James D. Vanoverff fell from scaffolding — some of which sits 200 feet above the ground’s surface — while working on the space shuttle Endeavor around 7:40 a.m. Monday. Medics rushed to launch pad 39A, where the shuttle is being readied for its April 19 launch, but were unable to revive the man.

All work at the site has been suspended for the day as NASA conducts an investigation of the incident.

Via: ABC Radio

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