The story
The preserved bar where Mercury and Apollo astronauts bellied up for double martinis still serves drinks under its original tin ceiling.
Everything that was here
- 1963–present · still open
The Mouse Trap Bar (Cocoa Beach Fish Camp Grill)Bar
The preserved bar where Mercury and Apollo astronauts bellied up for double martinis still serves drinks under its original tin ceiling.
See the map in 1964 → - 1962–present · still open
Mercury 7 Holiday Inn (La Quinta Inn)Hotel
The motel built and owned by America's first astronauts where they lounged by the pool between training sessions.
See the map in 1963 → - 1962–present · still open
Cape Colony Inn (La Quinta Inn by Wyndham Cocoa Beach)Hotel
The only motel in history owned by astronauts—where the Mercury Seven invested their Life Magazine earnings and partied by the pool between training sessions.
See the map in 1963 → - 1960–present · still open
Cocoa Beach Fish Camp Grill (The Mouse Trap Building)Restaurant
Once the Polaris Motel and Mouse Trap bar where astronauts gathered before launches—its preserved tin ceiling and stained glass watched over America's space heroes.
See the map in 1961 → - 1950–present · still open
Sea Aire Oceanfront InnHotel
The family-owned oceanfront motel where Mercury astronauts and Wernher von Braun found refuge from the pressures of the Space Race.
See the map in 1951 → - 1950–present · still open
Sea Aire MotelMotel
The oceanfront motel where Mercury astronauts bunked between training sessions—and where rocket scientist Wernher von Braun also laid his head.
See the map in 1951 →
Nearby history
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