South of Daytona lies Florida's Space Coast, home of the NASA Kennedy Space Center, Spaceport U.S.A., and the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. But before rockets shot off into space, the 72-mile area was home to exceptional wildlife, from sea turtle nests on Melbourne Beach to alligators and bald eagles on Merritt Island. While the main draw is the Space Center, the coastal towns of Titusville, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Melbourne, and Melbourne Beach offer a more laid-back family vacation than some of Florida's glitzier coastal resorts.