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In what year did construction of the Vehicle Assembly Building begin?

1962. Clearing and filling were begun in November 1962. The VAB is 525 feet tall and is one of the world's largest buildings by volume (129,428,000 cubic ft). Construction was completed in 1965.

The American flag on the side of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) was painted on when the building was constructed.

f. The flag was added in 1976 in honor of the United States bicentennial. It is as large as a football field and each stripe is the width of a tour bus. The flag received a new coat of paint in 1998.

How tall are the doors to the high bays on the Vehicle Assembly Building?

456 feet. There are four of them, each constructed to withstand 125 mile-per-hour winds. They are in the shape of an inverted 'T' to accommodate the crawler.

What is the speed a Crawler-Transporter could travel when moving the Apollo-Saturn V from the VAB to the launch pad?

1 mph. NASA has two Crawler-Transporters. They each weigh approximately six million pounds when empty. Empty travel speed is about 2 mph.

About how much does each tread shoe on the Crawler-Transporter weigh?

2000 lbs.. Each of the 8 tracks on a vehicle contains 57 shoes per track. Each one is held in place with a 100-pound pin.

How wide is each lane of the crawlerway that leads from the VAB to the launch pads?

40 feet. The crawlerway was constructed to handle the great weight of the crawler-transporter carrying the Apollo-Saturn V to the pad. With a median of 50 feet, the total width is 130 feet.

How many Mobile Launchers did NASA have built for the Apollo program?

3. The Mobile Launcher consisted of the umbilical tower and the launch platform.

There are three launch pads at Launch Complex 39.

f. There are two. Pads A and B are 8,715 feet apart.

Which was the first manned Apollo mission to launch from America's new moonport, Launch Complex 39?

Apollo 8. Apollo 8 launched from Pad 39A on December 21, 1968.

Which manned Apollo mission was the first to use Pad 39B?

Apollo 10. Apollo 10 launched on May 18, 1969. It was the dress rehearsal for the lunar landing.