Press Release

NASA KSC’s Vehicle Assembly Building Back in Business

By SpaceRef Editor
October 8, 2004
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NASA KSC’s Vehicle Assembly Building Back in Business
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The Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC sports a patchwork façade after the holes created by recent hurricanes were covered with corrugated steel panels.

The VAB lost 820 panels from the south wall during Hurricane Frances, and 25 additional panels pulled off the east wall by Hurricane Jeanne. 

Employees of Met-Con, a subcontractor in Cocoa, Fla., worked night and day on scaffolds hung from the 525-foot-high roof to close the holes and enable the facility to return to normal operations.

SpaceRef staff editor.