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Vehicle Assembly Building towers over ground fog in Photo of the Week

We’ve said it before and we’re sure to say it again: This launch stuff never gets old on the Space Coast, does it? And sometimes, even for those whose job it is to capture liftoff after liftoff in ...

Here's the history of the huge US flag on NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building

The massive American flag on NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building is a patriotic icon, but its 1976 bicentennial origin story ...
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Where does NASA build rockets? (Vehicle Assembly Building)

Explore NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), a giant rocket garage where the incredible cranes, platforms, and crawlers are designed to move spacecraft. This animation showcases various processes ...
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NASA's aging crawler is about to haul 18 million pounds on its back, again

NASA prepares to haul the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, and mobile launcher back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs beginning Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, pending weather ...
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NASA Moves Artemis III Rocket Booster Segment Into Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building

Preparations for NASA's Artemis III mission continue to gain momentum at Kennedy Space Center as another major piece of the ...
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How do you move a big rocket like Artemis? NASA's crawler-transporter

How do you safely move a 5.75 million-pound, 322-foot-high rocket more than 4 miles from the assembly building to the launch pad and back? Flag down the Crawler-Transporter 2, or CT-2, the slow-moving ...