Operations and Checkout Building

NASA, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. County/parish: Brevard.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 21, 2000. NRIS 99001636.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • 8BR1693
  • Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB)

From Wikipedia:

Operations and Checkout Building

The Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building (O&C) (previously known as the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building) is a historic building on Merritt Island, Florida, United States. The five-story structure is in the Industrial Area of NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Its has twin-block facilities that include the crew quarter dormitories for astronauts, suit-up preparations prior to their flights, and the other is a large spacecraft workshop used for manufacturing and checking activities on crewed spacecraft. On January 21, 2000, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77840982

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