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Photo, Print, Drawing Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Vehicle Assembly Building, VAB Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

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About this Item

Title

  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Vehicle Assembly Building, VAB Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

Names

  • Historic American Engineering Record, creator
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • URSAM, architect
  • Roberts and Schaefer, architect
  • Seelye, Stevenson, Value and Knecht, architect
  • Moran, Proctor, Mueser and Rutledge, architect
  • Blount Brothers Corp, builder
  • American Bridge Division of U.S. Steel, Atlanta, builder
  • Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc., builder
  • Perini Corp., builder
  • Paul Hardeman, Inc., builder
  • Frank Briscoe Company, Inc., builder
  • Max Urbahn
  • G.R.G. Vanderweil, Inc.
  • Allen & Hoshell
  • York
  • Paco Pumps
  • Gould Pumps
  • Kellogg
  • International Boiler Works
  • Met-Pro Corporation, Dean Pump Division
  • Imo Pump Division
  • Fairbanks Morse Pump Corporation
  • Army Corps of Engineers
  • Gahagan Dredging Corporation
  • R. E. Clarson, Inc.
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Center, sponsor
  • Slovinac, Patricia, historian
  • Archaeological Consultants, Inc., contractor
  • Bailes, Penny Rogo, photographer
  • Norman, Teresa, project assistant
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Center, sponsor
  • Slovinac, Patricia, historian
  • Archaeological Consultants, Inc., contractor
  • Rogo, Penny, photographer
  • InoMedic Health Applications, contractor
  • Deming, Joan, editor
  • Naylor, Barbara, editor
  • English, Nancy, editor
  • Liston, Elaine, editor
  • Provancha, Jane, editor

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1968

Headings

  • -  space exploration
  • -  space flight
  • -  aeronautics
  • -  concrete foundations
  • -  air compressors
  • -  boilers
  • -  ventilation
  • -  heating systems
  • -  air conditioning
  • -  fire prevention
  • -  flat roofs
  • -  laboratories
  • -  repair shops
  • -  offices
  • -  control rooms
  • -  consoles (electrical apparatus)
  • -  pumps (machinery)
  • -  pipes (conduits)
  • -  concrete block construction
  • -  marine terminals
  • -  wharves
  • -  Apollo Program
  • -  barges
  • -  national space program
  • -  space shuttles
  • -  concrete girders
  • -  concrete piers
  • -  timber piles
  • -  chain link fences
  • -  retaining walls
  • -  dolphins (pilings)
  • -  Florida -- Brevard County -- Cape Canaveral

Latitude / Longitude

  • 28.586146,-80.650742

Notes

  • -  Significance: The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 2000. It is significant in the area of space exploration and engineering. Originally nominated in the context of the Apollo Program, ca. 1961 through 1975, the VAB has since gained importance in the context of the Space Shuttle Program, ca. 1969 to 2010. The period of significance for the VAB is from 1980, when the first Space Shuttle vehicle was assembled, through 2010, the designated end of the Space Shuttle Program. The Space Shuttle Program is the longest running American space program to date. Unlike the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, the emphasis was on cost effectiveness and reusability, as well as the construction of a space station. The VAB is a unique facility, which supports the integration and stacking of the complete Space Shuttle vehicle on the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP). The VAB contains four large high bays; two of which contain a platform system designed for the size of the Space Shuttle vehicle, and two that contain platforms shaped around the external tank (ET). Each system contains a combination of stationary and moveable platforms, set at various levels, which provide access to specific components. In addition, the VAB is one of the world's largest buildings by volume at 129,428,000 cubic feet. The VAB is of exceptional importance to the Space Shuttle Program. The VAB Utility Annex and the Barge Terminal Facility are also documented within this record.
  • -  Survey number: HAER FL-8-11-B
  • -  Building/structure dates: after. 1961- before. 1967 Initial Construction
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1976 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1969-1972 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: ca. 1989- ca. 1990 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1994-1996 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: ca. 2000 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: ca. 1975- ca. 1979 Subsequent Work
  • -  National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 99001642

Medium

  • Photo(s): 228
  • Data Page(s): 115
  • Photo Caption Page(s): 22

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HAER FL-8-11-B

Source Collection

  • Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Control Number

  • fl0701

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Chicago citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, National Aeronautics And Space Administration, Architect Ursam, Architect Roberts And Schaefer, Stevenson Seelye, Proctor Moran, Builder Blount Brothers Corp, et al., Bailes, Penny Rogo, and Penny Rogo, photographer. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Vehicle Assembly Building, VAB Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL. Brevard County Florida Cape Canaveral, 1968. editeds by Deming, Joan, Naylor, Barbara, English, Nancy, Liston, Elaine, and Provancha, Jane Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/fl0701/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, C., National Aeronautics And Space Administration, Ursam, A., Roberts And Schaefer, A., Seelye, S., Moran, P. [...] Inomedic Health Applications, C., Bailes, P. R. & Rogo, P., photographer, Deming, J., Naylor, B., English, N., Liston, E. & Provancha, J., eds. (1968) Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Vehicle Assembly Building, VAB Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL. Brevard County Florida Cape Canaveral, 1968. Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/fl0701/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, et al., photographers by Bailes, Penny Rogo, and Penny Rogo. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Vehicle Assembly Building, VAB Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL. ed by Deming, Joan, et al Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/fl0701/>.