The Vehicle Assembly Building (originally the Vertical Assembly Building), or VAB, is a large building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, designed to assemble large pre-manufactured space vehicle components, such as the massive Saturn V, the Space Shuttle and the Space Launch System, and stack them vertically onto one of three ...

2024年11月15日 · The massive Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), standing 525 feet high, has supported human spaceflight activities for more than 50 years and provides capability to support a versatile array of operations well into the future. It is the largest vehicle integration facility in the space industry, with connectivity to KSC’s launch control centers ...

NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida was used to assemble and house American-crewed launch vehicles from 1968 to 2011. At 3,664,883 cubic meters, it is one of the largest buildings in the world by volume.

2022年1月13日 · Standing 525 feet tall and containing 130 million cubic feet of interior space, the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been a shining beacon for NASA’s space program since the early 1960s. This is the facility where launch vehicles for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were stacked and ...

The Kennedy Space Center in Florida houses the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the largest single-story building in the world. This iconic structure was originally constructed as a platform for the vertical assembly of the Apollo–Saturn V space vehicles.

NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is one of the most iconic structures at Kennedy Space Center. You can’t miss seeing its massive size on the bus tour! Once a space shuttle launch pad, Launch Complex 39B has since been outfitted for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Artemis missions.

5 天之前 · Technicians used massive cranes inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to lift the SLS (Space Launch System) core stage out of High Bay 2 and into a horizontal position in the facility’s transfer aisle. The move, completed on March 14, prepares the stage for integration with other...

2025年2月26日 · NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center is the largest single-story building in the world. Here’s a peek inside NASA’s VAB showing the solid rocket boosters that will ...

The stack of the Space Launch System rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center. ESA has built the service module for the Orion crew capsule. ... The stack of the Space Launch ...

The Vehicle (originally Vertical) Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) was used to assemble American manned launch vehicles from 1968-2011. The VAB is the largest single-story building in the world, was the tallest building (160.3 m) in Florida until 1974.