Apollo-era astronaut transfer van, on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Apollo/Saturn V Center.
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Photographed in 1988 at Cape Kennedy visitors center. I decided to post this in tribute to today's 50th Anniversary of the 1st United States manned space flight by Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. The sub-orbital flight in the Freedom 7 spacecraft lasted 15 minutes. Due to the Redstone booster's low thrust capability, orbital velocity wasn't an option for the first two U.S. missions. Admiral Shepard later served as Commander of Apollo 14 and walked on the Moon. Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human being to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.

Freedom 7 is displayed at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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The Vehicle (originally Vertical) Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) was first used to assemble the massive American Saturn V launch vehicles beginning in 1967 (the future Space Launch System (SLS) will also be assembled there). At 3,664,883 cubic meters (129,428,000 cubic feet) it is one of the largest buildings in the world by volume. The building is at Launch Complex 39 at KSC. The VAB is the largest single-story building in the world.
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Posted in memory of the Apollo 11 launch to the Moon on July 16, 1969.

Saturn V display made up of S-IC-T (test stage) and the second and third stages from SA-514. It was displayed outdoors for decades, then in 1996 was enclosed for protection from the elements in the Apollo/Saturn V Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
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In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the first manned Moon landing. NASA's The Vehicle (originally Vertical) Assembly Building, or VAB, is the large building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), designed to assemble the large pre-manufactured space vehicle components, such as the massive Saturn V and the Space Shuttle; and stack them vertically onto the Mobile Launch Platform and crawler transporter. The future Space Launch System (SLS) will also be assembled there.

At 3,664,883 cubic meters (129,428,000 cubic feet) it is one of the largest buildings in the world by volume. The building is at Launch Complex 39 at KSC, halfway between Jacksonville and Miami, and due east of Orlando on Merritt Island on the Atlantic coast of Florida.

The VAB is the largest single-story building in the world, was the tallest building (160.3 meters, 526 ft) in Florida until 1974, and is still the tallest building in the United States outside an urban area.
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