Vehicle Assembly Building
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The Vehicle Assembly Building is a massive NASA structure at Kennedy Space Center used to assemble and prepare large launch vehicles such as the Saturn V and Space Shuttle for space missions.
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA facility
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industrial building ⓘ landmark ⓘ rocket assembly building ⓘ |
| adaptedFor |
Space Launch System
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Launch System rocket configuration
|
| climate | subject to high winds and hurricanes ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
crawlerway to Launch Pad 39A
ⓘ
crawlerway to Launch Pad 39B ⓘ |
| constructedFor |
Apollo program
ⓘ
Saturn V ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn V launch vehicle
|
| constructionStartDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| exteriorFeature |
NASA
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA insignia logo
large American flag mural ⓘ |
| floorArea | about 32,374 square meters ⓘ |
| hasPart |
High Bay 1
ⓘ
High Bay 2 ⓘ High Bay 3 ⓘ High Bay 4 ⓘ crane systems for lifting rocket stages ⓘ low bay area ⓘ |
| height |
about 160 meters
ⓘ
about 525 feet ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic spaceflight facility ⓘ |
| length | about 218 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brevard County
NERFINISHED
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Florida ⓘ Merritt Island ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| location | Kennedy Space Center ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
contains four high bays for rocket stacking
ⓘ
one of the largest buildings in the world by volume ⓘ |
| notableFor |
assembly of Saturn V rockets for Apollo Moon missions
ⓘ
assembly of Space Shuttle orbiter, external tank, and solid rocket boosters ⓘ hosting large American flag painted on exterior ⓘ |
| officialName | Vehicle Assembly Building self-link ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| ownedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Launch Complex 39
ⓘ
surface form:
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
|
| servedBy | crawler-transporter ⓘ |
| shortName | VAB ⓘ |
| underwent | hurricane damage repairs ⓘ |
| usedDuringProgram |
Apollo program
ⓘ
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ Artemis program ⓘ Skylab program ⓘ NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| usedFor |
assembly of large launch vehicles
ⓘ
integration of Space Launch System rockets ⓘ integration of rockets and spacecraft ⓘ preparation of launch vehicles for rollout ⓘ stacking of Saturn V rockets ⓘ stacking of Space Shuttle launch stacks ⓘ |
| volume | about 3,665,000 cubic meters ⓘ |
| width | about 158 meters ⓘ |
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