Earth To The Moon


A view of the tall doors on the VAB	The largest NASA meatball in the world

The tour group inside the high bay of the VAB	A Solid Rocket Booster forward segment

Looking up inside of the gargantuan VAB	Space Shuttle Endeavour being prepared for flight

One of the stops on our VIP tour of the Kennedy Space Center facilities was the Vehicle assembly building. This building is where the space shuttle solid rocket boosters are assembled. It is also where the external tank and the shuttle orbiter are mated with the solid rocket boosters on the launch platform.

It is difficult to get a real feeling for the size of the VAB until you are inside of the buliding. Often flash photography is not permitted in the VAB do to the volatile nature of the solid rocket booster segments and explosive ordinance present.