Downey NASA industrial plant

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The Downey NASA industrial plant was a major aerospace manufacturing and research facility in Downey, California, where key components of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs were designed and built.

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instanceOf aerospace manufacturing facility
industrial plant
research facility
alsoKnownAs Downey Space Plant NERFINISHED
Rockwell Downey facility NERFINISHED
associatedWithAgency NASA Headquarters NERFINISHED
NASA Johnson Space Center NERFINISHED
builtComponentOf Apollo Command Module NERFINISHED
Apollo Service Module NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle orbiter NERFINISHED
city Downey NERFINISHED
continent North America
contributedTo United States human spaceflight capability
lunar landing missions
reusable spacecraft development
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designedComponentOf Apollo Command Module NERFINISHED
Apollo Service Module NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle orbiter NERFINISHED
employerOf engineers
manufacturing workers
technicians
governedBy City of Downey (local jurisdiction) NERFINISHED
heritage part of U.S. space program history
historicalEra Cold War
industry aerospace
defense
locatedIn Downey, California NERFINISHED
locatedNear Los Angeles metropolitan area NERFINISHED
notableFor design of Apollo spacecraft
design of Space Shuttle orbiter
large-scale aerospace manufacturing
operatedBy North American Aviation NERFINISHED
Rockwell International NERFINISHED
operatedFor National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED
peakActivityPeriod 1960s
1970s
1980s
programInvolved Apollo program NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED
region Los Angeles County NERFINISHED
state California, United States
surface form: California
status former NASA-related industrial facility
usedFor aerospace research and development
spacecraft design
spacecraft manufacturing

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Columbia Memorial Space Center locatedOnFormerSiteOf Downey NASA industrial plant
Downey, California hasLandmark Downey NASA industrial plant
this entity surface form: Downey Studios (former NASA industrial site)