Karen Bankhead was born in Vandenberg AFB, in California, USA.

About 211-220 miles or 4.5 hours. Depends on route taken, Google Maps will give you to options.

The first of the last two launch failures in the United States was the launch of Taurus XL from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on February 24, 2009. The second was the launch of the ALV-XI on August 22, 2008 from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

All Space Shuttle missions take off from Cape Canaveral. There was once a plan to launch shuttles into polar orbits by taking off from Vandenberg AFB, California, but that was abandoned long ago.

The Vandenberg Air Force Base located in Lompoc, California. Vandenberg AFB is a Department of Defense space and missile testing base. The base is named in honour of former Air Force Chief Hoyt S. Vandenberg.