Vehicle Assembly Building

USA / Florida / Titusville /
 NASA, aircraft hangar, interesting place
At the John F. Kennedy Space Center. Built in the mid-1960's to facilitate the assembly of the Saturn V rocket, the Vehicle Assembly Building, originally called the "Vertical Assembly Building," was the largest building in Florida and has a volume so large, NASA folklore said that the VAB had its own meteorology--people claimed that clouds can form inside and rain. The VAB was used to assemble the Space Shuttle, and will be converted in the future to handle the Crew Exploration Vehicle, the Ares I crew launch vehicle, and the future Ares V cargo launch vehicle. To illustrate the size of the building where the Saturn V and now Shuttle stacks are assembled, the stripes on the US flag on the south side of the building are large enough to drive a bus on (visible at maximum zoom). During the 1970's and 1980's the symbol of the United States Bicentennial was displayed on the side of the VAB.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_Assembly_Building
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Coordinates:   28°35'8"N   80°39'3"W

Comments

  • It Still is the largest in volume in Florida
  • It should be noted that some of Columbia is on the 16th story of the VAB and it wont be treated like challenger and locked away
  • The biggest and coolest box in the world
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