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Operations and Checkout Building

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crew exploration vehicle. In preparation for the transition, the state of Florida provided funds to clear the facility of about 50 short tons (45 metric tons) of steel stands, structures and equipment. Renovations totaling $ 55 million took place from June 2007 through January 2009, at which point
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at simulated altitudes of up to 250,000 feet (76 km). Each chamber is 58 feet (18 m) high (with a clear working height of 28 feet (8.5 m)) and an interior diameter of 33 feet (10 m), were human-rated, and capable of reaching the maximum altitude (minimum pressure) in one hour.
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During planning and construction, it was known as the Operations and Checkout Building. When it was finished in 1964, it was renamed the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building and was used to process spacecraft in the
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Exit door from Operations and Checkout Building connector. A nearby doorway on the adjacent north wall of the rear building is where Astronauts would board the
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Altitude Chambers, First Street, between Avenue D and Avenue E, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL
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Astronauts sleep prior to launch day in dormitories in the Operations and Checkout Building, in this case a bedroom is undergoing renovations
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The building was renamed to the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building in a ceremony on the 45th anniversary of Apollo 11 (2014).
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era. It was reverted back to the Operations and Checkout Building during the Shuttle program, known informally as the O&C.
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On January 30, 2007, NASA held a ceremony to mark the transition of the building's high bay for use by the
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were installed in the High Bay for testing the environmental and life support systems of both the
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These were used by the prime and backup crews of all crewed missions, from the ill-fated
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During the 1980s and 90s the O&C building was used to house and test
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Orion Spacecraft in the workshop of the Operations and Checkout Building
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Aerial view of the Operations and Checkout building at KSC, c. 2017
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Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility
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Historic American spaceflight facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida
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National Register of Historic Places in Brevard County, Florida
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In the late 1990s and 2000s, some modules and trusses for the
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completed its assembly in this location and was moved to the
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Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate
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Astronauts have suit-up flight preparations in the building
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KSC building reborn as 'Spacecraft Factory of the Future'
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is under final testing in the building as of July, 2024.
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Operations and Checkout Building is located in Florida
Operations and Checkout Building is located in the United States
Brevard County, Florida
USA
Titusville, Florida
28°31′26″N 80°38′46″W / 28.52389°N 80.64611°W / 28.52389; -80.64611
Charles Luckman
International
MPS
John F. Kennedy Space Center MPS
99001636
Merritt Island, Florida
NASA
Kennedy Space Center
astronauts
National Register of Historic Places
Gemini
Apollo

Gus Grissom
Ed White
Roger Chaffee
altitude chambers
Apollo Command/Service Module
Lunar Module
Apollo 1
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Spacelab

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