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- The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is one of the largest buildings in the world. It was originally built for assembly of Apollo/Saturn vehicles and was later modified to support Space Shuttle operations. High Bays 1 and 3 are used for integration and stacking of the complete Space Shuttle vehicle. High Bay 2 is used for external tank (ET) checkout and storage and as a contingency storage area for orbiters. High Bay 4 is also used for ET checkout and storage, as well as for payload canister operations and solid rocket boster (SRB) contingency handling. (more)
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- Suspended by an overhead crane, Endeavour is being raised to a vertical position on the transfer aisle of the VAB at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. - High.res photo
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- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Atlantis approaches the floor of the mobile launcher platform in high bay 3. Behind the shuttle are the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters already stacked there. Atlantis will be mated to the tank and boosters. After additional preparations are made, the shuttle will be rolled out to Launch Pad 39A to prepare for launch on the STS-125 mission. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
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- In high bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Endeavour is lowered alongside its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters for mating.
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- Space shuttle Atlantis is poised to leave the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and roll out to Launch Pad 39A. The shuttle stack, with solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank attached to Atlantis, rest on the mobile launcher platform. Movement is provided by the crawler-transporter underneath.
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- This scene, photographed from the International Space Station while docked with Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-123), shows the orbiter, the shuttle's Remote Manipulator System/Orbiter Boom Sensor System (RMS/OBSS); Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator (SPDM); and a Soyuz vehicle docked with the orbital outpost. Credit: NASA More... - Photo: Space Photo camera
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