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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) in Florida...
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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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  • 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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    Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) is an 832-acre (337-hectare) industrial complex for the manufacture and structural assembly of aerospace vehicles and components...
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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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    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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    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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    F11 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 Launch...
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    Crawler-transporter (category NASA vehicles)
    Facilities, are a pair of tracked vehicles used to transport launch vehicles from NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) along the Crawlerway to Launch...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    the rest of the vehicle. On 20 March, the engine section was mated with the Artemis II core stage in Building 103 at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New...
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    Among his notable projects is the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, one of the largest buildings in the world. He served as president...
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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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    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 (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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    the 5,443-tonne (5,357-long-ton; 6,000-short-ton) assembly departed the Vehicle Assembly Building atop the crawler-transporter, bound for Launch Pad...
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  • Pumpe, Spremberg - SkyscraperPage.com". skyscraperpage.com. "Vehicle Assembly Building, Cape Canaveral | 122406 | EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the...
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  • architect of government buildings whose work included the design of one of the world's largest structures, the Vehicle Assembly Building at Cape Canaveral,...
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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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    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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  • 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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    Artemis I (section Assembly)
    vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) was delivered by barge one month later on July 29. The assembly of the SLS took place at the Vehicle Assembly Building's...
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    Boeing Everett Factory (category Buildings and structures completed in 1967)
    is the largest employer in Everett and Snohomish County. The main assembly building, immediately north of the Boeing Freeway, covers 98.3 acres (398,000 m2)...
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    to launch, rockets are processed vertically in the complex's vehicle assembly building. The rocket is rolled out to the launch pad on a mobile launcher...
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