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From: sheppard@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ken  Sheppardson)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle Facilities ( was : Shuttle trips to the Moon )
Message-ID: <4104908d.5627@dl5627.engin.umich.edu>
Date: 22 Jan 89 14:58:00 GMT
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Organization: U of M Engineering, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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> What does VAB stand for?

The VAB ( Vertical Assembly Building ) is a huge building originally
constructed to assemble Saturn Vs.  It's the building with the big
garage doors and the big American flag ( and since 1976 I beleive a
large red white and blue star )  It's now used to assemble ("stack") 
the Orbiter, External Tank (ET) , and the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) on
the crawler which takes the Shuttle to the pad.