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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - The external tank seen here exits the Vehicle Assembly Building via transporter. The tank is being transferred to the Michoud Space Systems Assembly Facility near New Orleans where redesign of the external tank is underway for Return to Flight. KSC-04pd1267

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The payload canister moves past NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to Launch Pad 39B. Inside are the payloads for mission STS-121: the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, with supplies and equipment for the International Space Station; the lightweight multi-purpose experiment support structure carrier; and the integrated cargo carrier, with the mobile transporter reel assembly and a spare pump module. The payload will be transferred from the canister to Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay at the pad. Discovery is scheduled to launch on mission STS-121 from Launch Pad 39B in a window that opens July 1 and extends to July 19. Photo credit: NASA/Debbie Kiger KSC-06pd0843

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dark clouds hover over the Vehicle Assembly Building as a cold front passes through Kennedy Space Center on a winter's day in Florida. KSC-06pd0192

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Aboard a transporter, external tank No. 120 heads for the open door of the Vehicle Assembly Building. There it will be lifted into a checkout cell. ET-120 will be used for launching Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-120 in October. NASA/Debbie Odom KSC-07pd2146

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Against the backdrop of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a helicopter takes off near the NASA News Center. Liftoff of Atlantis was on time at 2:45 p.m. EST. This was the third launch attempt for Atlantis since December 2007 to carry the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. During the 11-day mission, the crew's prime objective is to attach the laboratory to the Harmony module, adding to the station's size and capabilities. Photo credit: NASA/Fletch Hildreth KSC-08pd0331

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A United States military Apache H64A helicopter patrols Kennedy Space Center airspace near the Vehicle Assembly Building as the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-108 to the International Space Station approaches. Launch is scheduled for 7:41 p.m. EST on Nov. 29 KSC01pd1739

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This view shows damage to the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC following the category 3 Hurricane Jeanne. In the foreground are helicopters that were used for observation flights around the Center. The storm barreled through Central Florida Sept. 25-26 from the southeast. The VAB had lost 850 panels from the south wall during Hurricane Frances. Twenty-five additional panels were pulled off the east wall by the winds from Jeanne. This was the fourth hurricane in 6 weeks to batter the state. KSC-04pd1911

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Between rain showers over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a rainbow breaks through the clouds behind the Vehicle Assembly Building. Rain and thunderstorms caused the waveoff of two landing opportunities Sept. 10 for space shuttle Discovery's return to Earth from the STS-128 mission. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-5073

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Workers painting the Flag and Meatball on the VAB

Workers painting the Flag and Meatball on the VAB

Workers painting the Flag and Meatball on the VAB

Workers painting the Flag and Meatball on the VAB

Workers painting the Flag and Meatball on the VAB

Workers painting the Flag and Meatball on the VAB

Workers painting the Flag and Meatball on the VAB

VAB Flag Painting. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

VAB Flag Painting. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

Workers painting the Flag and Meatball on the VAB

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Elevated platforms are seen hanging in front of the NASA Logo on the side of Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building. Also in view on the east side of the building are platforms on the facility's large vertical doors. Workers, suspended on the platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high VAB, use rollers and brushes to do the painting. The flag and logo were last painted in 1998, honoring NASA's 40th anniversary. The flag spans an area 209 feet by 110 feet, or about 23, 437 square feet. Each stripe is 9 feet wide and each star is 6 feet in diameter. The logo, also known as the "meatball," measures 110 feet by 132 feet, or about 12,300 square feet.

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03/01/2007
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1998
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As part of NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a large space shuttle-era work platform is being lowered and removed from high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB. The work is part of a center-wide modernization and refurbishment initiative to accommodate NASA’s Space Launch System and a variety of other spacecraft instead of the whole building supporting one design. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is developing the necessary ground systems, infrastructure and operational approaches required to safely process, assemble, transport and launch the next generation of rockets and spacecraft in support of NASA’s exploration objectives. Future work also will replace the antiquated communications, power and vehicle access resources with modern efficient systems. Some of the utilities and systems slated for replacement have been used since the VAB opened in 1965. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/ground/index.html Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-5965

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of a hurricane assessment team from Johnson Space Center and Marshall Space Flight Center look at damage on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) a week after Hurricane Frances hit the east coast of Central Florida and Kennedy Space Center. The VAB lost 820, 4- x 16-foot panels from the side walls, or more than 52,000 square feet of its surface. KSC-04pd1767

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the VAB, orbiter Endeavour is lifted to a vertical position before being mated to the external tank (bottom of photo) and solid rocket boosters in high bay 1. Space Shuttle Endeavour is targeted for launch on mission STS-99 Jan. 13, 2000, at 1:11 p.m. EST. STS-99 is the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, an international project spearheaded by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency and NASA, with participation of the German Aerospace Center DLR. The SRTM consists of a specially modified radar system that will gather data for the most accurate and complete topographic map of the Earth's surface that has ever been assembled. SRTM will make use of radar interferometry, wherein two radar images are taken from slightly different locations. Differences between these images allow for the calculation of surface elevation, or change. The SRTM hardware will consist of one radar antenna in the shuttle payload bay and a second radar antenna attached to the end of a mast extended 60 meters (195 feet) out from the shuttle KSC-99pp1381

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