VAB back in business

Jessica Rye
October 8, 2004
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)

PHOTO RELEASE: P16-04

VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING BACK IN BUSINESS

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - 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.


KSC Photo Number:KSC-04PD-2092

KSC Photo Number: KSC-04PD-2093

A complete gallery of NASA Kennedy Space Center photos is available at
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/index.cfm

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Jacques :-)

www.spacepatches.info

VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING BACK IN BUSINESS

Here are direct URLs to the photos (going to the page can let you pick
smaller or larger versions):

http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/i...04pd2092-m.jpg

http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/i...e/04pd2093.jpg

(The large ones let you see details and shadows which are kind of hard
to make out on the small or medium ones, but of course take longer to
download and may not all fit on your screen at once).