Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building

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NASA facility industrial building landmark rocket assembly building

The Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building is a massive NASA facility in Florida used to assemble and prepare large launch vehicles, including Saturn V rockets and Space Shuttles, for space missions.

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Label Occurrences
Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building canonical 2
NASA Vehicle Assembly Building 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA facility ⓘ
industrial building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
rocket assembly building ⓘ
adjacentTo KSC LC-39A ⓘ
surface form: Launch Pad 39A

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
surface form: Launch Pad 39B
alsoKnownAs VAB ⓘ
Vehicle Assembly Building ⓘ
climate humid subtropical ⓘ
completionDate 1966 ⓘ
connectedBy crawlerway ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1963 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedFor Saturn V ⓘ
surface form: Saturn V launch vehicle
floorArea about 32,374 square meters ⓘ
hasComponent crane systems ⓘ
high bay 1 ⓘ
high bay 2 ⓘ
high bay 3 ⓘ
high bay 4 ⓘ
low bay area ⓘ
transfer aisle ⓘ
hasFunction final checks before rollout to launch pad ⓘ
mating of orbiter and external tank (historical) ⓘ
stacking of solid rocket boosters ⓘ
vehicle integration ⓘ
height about 160 meters ⓘ
about 525 feet ⓘ
length about 218 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Brevard County ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
Merritt Island ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notableFor large American flag painted on exterior ⓘ
one of the largest buildings in the world by volume ⓘ
opened 1966 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
ownedBy NASA ⓘ
partOf Launch Complex 39 ⓘ
transportMethod crawler-transporter ⓘ
usedDuringProgram Apollo program ⓘ
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Artemis program ⓘ
Skylab program ⓘ
NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
usedFor assembly of Saturn V rockets ⓘ
assembly of Space Shuttle stacks ⓘ
integration of Space Launch System (SLS) rockets ⓘ
integration of large launch vehicles ⓘ
preparation of launch vehicles for rollout ⓘ
vertical assembly of rockets ⓘ
width about 158 meters ⓘ

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Charles Luckman Associates → notableWork → Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building ⓘ
Charles Luckman Associates → notableWork → Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: NASA Vehicle Assembly Building
Charles Luckman → notableWork → Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building ⓘ