VAB Architects Tour Historic Building

Kelvin Manning, at right, Kennedy Space Center’s associate director, technical, speaks to Dick Bergmann, center, original lead designer for the Vehicle Assembly (VAB), during a tour of the iconic facility on Nov. 22, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The VAB was recognized with the National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark award by the Florida Section American Society of Civil Engineers during a ceremony on Jan. 10, 2020. The VAB is the first building at Kennedy to earn this distinction. At the time of its completion, the 129-million-cubic-foot structure was the largest building in the world. Originally designed and built to accommodate the Saturn V/Apollo used in Project Apollo, the VAB was later modified for its role in the Space Shuttle Program.

Date

2019-11-22

Photographer / author

NASA/Frank Michaux

Collection

KSC

Archive

NASA Image and Video Library

Type

photograph

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