In 1963, construction began on the VAB and it took three years to complete the massive building. According to NASA, the VAB consists of 98,000 tons of steel, 65,000 cubic yards of concrete and ...

NASA's next-generation rocket, the Space Launch System, will return to its home at the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida today. Skip to main content.

NASA celebrated the release of its Artemis 2 crew patch by projecting the insignia's art onto the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in Florida.

NASA also had to deal with a fire reported in the VAB about two and a half hours after the SLS arrived back in the building. The minor fire did not result in any injuries or major damage.

In total, the building is 525 feet tall and 518 feet wide, spanning around 8 acres on its own, NASA reports. Of course, the VAB would have to be pretty large to accommodate the spacecraft inside.

NASA is holding off on a decision on whether or not to rollback Artemis I to the Vehicle Assembly Building as weather forecasts indicated more favorable conditions for a launch.

NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is the only facility to have an entire rocket assembled within that carried humanity to the Moon. Built for the Apollo/Saturn V Moon rocket, ...

With the threat of Hurricane Ian, NASA isn’t going to risk its $4.1 billion rocket to the moon deciding to roll it back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center forgoing a chance ...

With Hurricane Ian threatening the Florida peninsula, NASA has opted to transport its 321-foot-tall Space Launch System to the Vehicle Assembly Building where the Artemis rocket and Orion ...

Artemis launch live updates: NASA has scrubbed Saturday's launch attempt of the Artemis I mission, won't launch Monday and will have to roll it back to the Vehicle Assembly Building.

NASA gambled with its multi-billion dollar moon rocket and it may have paid off for the U.S. space agency. With Hurricane Nicole hitting Florida just days before the massive rocket was set to ...