VAB
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VAB is the commonly used abbreviation for NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building, the massive structure at Kennedy Space Center where rockets are assembled before launch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VAB canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abbreviation
ⓘ
building ⓘ rocket assembly facility ⓘ |
| climateControl | air-conditioned interior to control humidity ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Crawlerway
ⓘ
KSC LC-39A ⓘ
surface form:
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
surface form:
Launch Pad 39B
|
| constructionStartDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor | vertical assembly of very tall launch vehicles ⓘ |
| floorArea |
about 3,500,000 square feet
ⓘ
about 32,374 square meters ⓘ |
| hasExteriorFeature |
NASA insignia painted on the side
ⓘ
large American flag painted on the side ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cranes for lifting large rocket stages
ⓘ
high bay areas for vertical assembly of rockets ⓘ |
| hasHighBay |
High Bay 1
ⓘ
High Bay 2 ⓘ High Bay 3 ⓘ High Bay 4 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfHighBays | 4 ⓘ |
| height |
about 160 meters
ⓘ
about 525 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kennedy Space Center
ⓘ
Merritt Island ⓘ
surface form:
Merritt Island, Florida
|
| managedBy |
Kennedy Space Center
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Kennedy Space Center
|
| notableFor |
being one of the largest buildings in the world by volume
ⓘ
having very large vertical doors for rollout of rockets ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| originallyBuiltFor |
Saturn V
ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn V launch vehicle
|
| ownedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kennedy Space Center LC-39
ⓘ
surface form:
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
|
| roofType | flat roof ⓘ |
| standsFor | Vehicle Assembly Building ⓘ |
| usedDuringProgram |
Apollo program
ⓘ
Artemis program ⓘ Skylab program ⓘ NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| usedFor |
integration of payloads with launch vehicles
ⓘ
rocket assembly ⓘ space launch vehicle integration ⓘ stacking of launch vehicles ⓘ |
| usedForVehicle |
Saturn V
ⓘ
Space Launch System ⓘ Space Shuttle ⓘ |
| volume |
about 129,000,000 cubic feet
ⓘ
about 3,665,000 cubic meters ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.