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Where does NASA build rockets? (Vehicle Assembly Building)

Inside NASA’s giant rocket garage — the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). This video covers the cranes, platforms, and crawler built to move these giant spacecraft, including the Saturn V, Apollo ...
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Why Artemis II relies on a 1960s-built vehicle to reach the launch pad

NASA’s Artemis II mission relies on the 1960s-built Crawler-Transporter 2 to move the rocket and mobile launcher safely 4.2 miles from assembly to launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.
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Artemis II repairs begin inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building

Technicians have begun repair operations on NASA’s Artemis II Moon rocket after the fully stacked vehicle was rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Feb. 25. The work follows an issue ...
Ars Technica

NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad

The Orion spacecraft, which will fly four people around the Moon, arrived inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida late Thursday night, ready to be ...