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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, 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 mobile launcher platforms used by NASA.
Months before a launch, the three stages of the Saturn V launch vehicle and the components of the Apollo spacecraft were brought inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and assembled, in one of four bays, into a 363-foot (111 m)-tall space vehicle on one of three Mobile Launchers (ML).
Among the unique facilities at KSC are the 525-foot (160 m) tall Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking NASA's largest rockets, the Launch Control Center, which conducts space launches at KSC, the Operations and Checkout Building, which houses the astronauts' dormitories and suit-up area, a Space Station factory, and a 3-mile (4.8 km) long ...
Large grocery distribution center, completed in 2018. Expansion to the distribution center completed in 2020. [9] [10] NASA Vehicle Assembly Building United States: 1966 Kennedy Space Center, Florida: 32,374 m 2 (348,470 sq ft) 3.66 million m 3 (130 million cu ft) Originally built to enable simultaneous assembly and shelter for four Saturn V ...
Tallest building in Fort Worth prior to Burnett Plaza; Designed as a "twin" of the Bank of America Tower. Shorter of the two structures; Also known as the Chase Texas Tower and the City Center Tower I [16] [17] 6 Omni Fort Worth Hotel: 447 (136) 33 2009 Tallest building in Fort Worth built in the 21st century; Tallest mixed-use building in the city
Construction will begin soon on what will be one of the tallest buildings in the West 7th district, a 10-story tower with views over Fort Worth’s art museums.
Now, city leaders are looking at Phase 2, estimated at $606 million. The project’s second phase will include demolishing the “flying saucer” arena, adding a new ballroom twice the size of ...
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