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 ...

The Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, is a national landmark that remains a central element of NASA’s plans to launch people and equipment deep into space on missions of exploration.

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.

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.

1 天前 · It is 50 years since the very last Saturn rocket rolled out from NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to launchpad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. The super heavy rockets were built and used for nine crewed flights to the Moon from December 1968 to December 1972, as well as for launching US space station Skylab in 1973.

2024年3月14日 · VAB designs and evaluates revolutionary aircraft, launch vehicles, and spacecraft, with a focus on advancing aeronautics and space exploration. VAB supports decision makers by providing independent analysis and evaluation …

3 天之前 · The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side boosters inside the agency's Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida.

2 天之前 · The Space Launch System's core stage is seen sandwiched between the rocket's twin solid-fueled boosters inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

3 天之前 · The slow race of getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year’s Artemis II moon mission jumped a big hurdle over the weekend.

2025年2月26日 · NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is the largest single-story building in the world and one of the largest buildings in the world by volume.