NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in Florida is one of the most iconic and essential structures in the history of space exploration. This massive facility, located at the Kennedy Space Center, ...

NASA's Kennedy Space Center is now nearly six decades old—it was formally created on July 1, 1962 as a separate entity from Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. Construction began soon after ...

Wide-angle view looking down the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Beginning Nov. 1, 2011, the public will again be allowed in the VAB after ...

(Vehicle Assembly Building) Posted: January 29, 2025 | Last updated: March 23, 2025. The VAB or Vehicle Assembly Building is where NASA has been building rockets for over half a century.

At approximately 11:45pm today, a fire was reported in the Vehicle Assembly Building. Employees were evacuated, and there are no reported injuries. The VAB is fire safe, and the Artemis I vehicle was ...

The Core Stage for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is moved from the Pegasus barge to the Vehicle Assembly Building, on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.

NASA is holding off on a decision on whether or not to rollback Artemis I to the Vehicle Assembly Building as weather forecasts indicated more favorable conditions for a launch.

The mobile launch platform carrying the SLS returns to the Vehicle Assembly Building Sept. 27 to shelter from Hurricane Ian. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky KAHULUI, Hawaii — With the Space Launch ...

Guests and NASA employees watch as NASA's SLS rocket rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building, on August 16, 2022. NASA/Joel Kowsky This wasn't the rocket's first rollout.

NASA celebrated the release of its Artemis 2 crew patch by projecting the insignia's art onto the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in Florida.

Picture the NASA Vehicle Assembly Building, with its 4.8 million cubic yards of space under a 550-foot high ceiling covering eight acres of floor space — the massive building constructed to help ...