Vehicle Assembly Building

Its called the Vehicle Assembly Building, and its big enough to stand the spaceship up inside it.

George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009

Its called the Vehicle Assembly Building, and its big enough to stand the spaceship up inside it.

George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009

Its called the Vehicle Assembly Building, and its big enough to stand the spaceship up inside it.

George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009

Its called the Vehicle Assembly Building, and its big enough to stand the spaceship up inside it.

George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt Lucy 2009

ZUMAPRESS.com Space shuttle Enterprise is rolled from the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center en route to the launch pad, on May 1, 1979.

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Atlantis this week rolled from its processing hangar to KSC's Vehicle Assembly Building and was connected with an external tank and solid rocket boosters.

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Atlantis' move to the Vehicle Assembly Building to be joined with an external tank and boosters, for example, has had to wait while teams are tied up with Endeavour's preparations for its 8:56 a.m.

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What an astounding experience and rare privilege it has been to witness this magnificent light show today from a mere 3 miles away at the NASA Press center next to the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center KSC.

Sky on Fire as Endeavour Blasts to Space | Universe Today 2010

But then the Xenon spotlights hit space shuttle Discovery as it inched out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, lighting up the darkness.

Gallery: Midnight Shuttle Rollout | Universe Today 2010

Like every visitor, I was overwhelmed by the Vehicle Assembly Building and that landgoing ship, the 3,000-ton crawler-transporter, with its maximum speed (unloaded) of two miles an hour.

Tin 2010