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Vertical Processing Facility | |
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Built | December 1980[1] |
Operated | 1981[1]- 2006[2] |
Owner(s) | NASA |
Defunct | February 2010[3] |
The Vertical Processing Facility (VPF) was a payload processing facility located at Kennedy Space Center that was used throughout the majority of the Space Shuttle program. It was removed from active service during 2006, with demolition beginning in February 2010 and completing in June that same year.[2]
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edit- ^ a b 1982 NASA Authorization (1981), p. 1237.
- ^ a b Hurni, Angela B. (16 June 2010). "Frank-Lin Excavating Cleans Up Kennedy Space Center". www.constructionequipmentguide.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Spaceport News," 2 April 2010, p. 4.
Sources
edit- 1982 NASA authorization: hearings before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session ... U.S. Government Printing Office. 1981. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- "Spaceport News" (PDF). Vol. 50, no. 6. NASA. 2 April 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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