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    The Vehicle Assembly Building (originally the Vertical Assembly Building), or VAB, is a large building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), designed to...
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    large multistage space vehicle which is assembled (stacked) vertically in an integration facility (e.g. the Vehicle Assembly Building) and then transported...
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    the Saturn IB rocket AS 208 with CSM 119 was assembled in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Launch Complex 39 for possible use. It was at one point rolled...
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    Satish Dhawan Space Centre (category Buildings and structures in Tirupati district)
    original (PDF) on 14 February 2020. Second vehicle Assembly Building (SVAB):The Second Vehicle Assembly Building (SVAB) is realised and is ready for integration...
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    Crawler-transporter (category NASA vehicles)
    Transporter Facilities, are a pair of tracked vehicles used to transport spacecraft from NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) along the Crawlerway to Launch...
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    Saturn V launch vehicle, the rocket that eventually took astronauts to the Moon. The space vehicle was assembled in the Vehicle Assembly Building, and was the...
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    STS-135, usable parts from MLP-1 were removed and stored in the Vehicle Assembly Building, with no plans to use the MLP again. Eventually the MLP was weighed...
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  • VAB may refer to: Vehicle Assembly Building, a large building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center where space vehicles are prepared for launch Véhicule de...
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    vehicle at Second Launch Pad. Indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage CE-7.5 of GSLV Fully integrated GSLV-F05 coming out of the Vehicle Assembly Building....
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    Columbia's recovered remains are stored at the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building, though some pieces are on public display at the nearby Visitor...
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  • logistiikkaterminaaliin Archived 21 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine "Vehicle Assembly Building". Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 21...
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    Apollo/Saturn V facilities Test Vehicle and Launch Umbilical Tower (LUT) atop a crawler-transporter move from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on the way to Pad...
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    1966. Tests included the mating of the Saturn's stages in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the fit of the service platforms, the launcher-transporter...
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    Orbiter Processing Facility (category Buildings and structures in Merritt Island, Florida)
    underwent maintenance between flights. They are located west of the Vehicle Assembly Building, where the orbiter was mated with its external tank and Solid...
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    vehicle : $25.00 per day Motorcycles: $20.00 per day Walk-in fee : $15.00 per day (bicycles, pedestrians, occupants of large non-commercial vehicles)...
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    Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 (category Buildings and structures in Merritt Island, Florida)
    consists of three launch sub-complexes or "pads"—39A, 39B, and 39C—a Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), a Crawlerway used by crawler-transporters to carry mobile...
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  • atop the mobile launcher platform and Crawler-transporter to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). A variety of factors could require a rollback, from severe...
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    Clark, Stephen (26 April 2022). "NASA's moon rocket rolls back to Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 29 April 2022. "NASA...
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    stamps issued by the Postal Service. NASA painted the logo on the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in 1976 where it remained until 1998...
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    Launch Control Center (category Buildings and structures in Merritt Island, Florida)
    Center Launch Complex 39. Attached to the southeast corner of the Vehicle Assembly Building, the LCC contains offices; telemetry, tracking, and instrumentation...
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    the Moon and Mars. EGS holds and operates the following assets: Vehicle Assembly Building Launch Control Center, Firing Rooms 1, 2, & 3 Crawler-transporter...
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    Astronaut transfer van (category NASA vehicles)
    way. An astronaut rode with the crew and was let off near the Vehicle Assembly Building to board the Shuttle Training Aircraft and assess local weather...
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    non-human Columbia debris was stored in unused office space at the Vehicle Assembly Building, except for parts of the crew compartment, which were kept separate...
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    Crawlerway (category Buildings and structures in Merritt Island, Florida)
    pathway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It runs between the Vehicle Assembly Building and the two launch pads at Launch Complex 39. It has a length...
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    of the all-aluminum travel trailer. Airstream trailers and recreational vehicles are manufactured in Jackson Center, Ohio, United States. The company, now...
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    Kennedy Space Center (category Buildings and structures in Merritt Island, Florida)
    buildings grouped throughout the center's 144,000 acres (580 km2). Among the unique facilities at KSC are the 525-foot (160 m) tall Vehicle Assembly Building...
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    stack would be tested and assembled at the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. Once assembly was completed and a launch date was set,...
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  • Three months later, as Lovell is conducting a VIP tour of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building, his boss Deke Slayton informs him that his crew will fly Apollo...
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  • without requiring a rescue flight. CSM-119 was returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building and remained on standby until the Skylab program ended. CSM-119...
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    Tesco Donabate Distribution Centre (category Commercial buildings in the Republic of Ireland)
    000 cu ft); for comparison, this is 42% of the volume of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building. The distribution centre was developed by Tesco in 2007 at a cost...
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