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Vehicle Assembly Building

The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), originally known as the Vertical Assembly Building, is a large building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. It is one of the largest buildings in the world by volume and was designed to assemble large space vehicles, including the Saturn V rocket for the Apollo program and the Space Shuttle. The VAB is a key part of the space center's infrastructure, providing a controlled environment for the assembly and maintenance of spacecraft. In Hebrew, it is known as בניין הרכבת חלליות, while in Spanish, it is referred to as Edificio de Ensamblaje de Vehículos, and in French, it is called Bâtiment d'assemblage de véhicules. The building's distinctive appearance, with its high bay doors and towering structure, makes it a recognizable landmark in the landscape of the Kennedy Space Center.

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Vehicle Assembly Building
Spacecraft assembly building operated by NASA at the Kennedy Space Center
Vehicle Assembly Building
The Vehicle 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. As of March 2022, the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was assembled inside in preparation for the Artemis I mission, launched on November 16, 2022.
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