Operations and Checkout
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| Center: | Kennedy Space Center |
| Location: | Cape Canaveral, Florida |
| Year Built: | 1964 |
| Historic Eligibility: | National Register Listed |
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[top] History
The Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building, constructed in 1964, was listed in the NRHP on January 21, 2000 in the context of the Apollo program. It is significant at the national level under Criterion A in the area of Space Exploration and under Criterion C in the areas of Engineering and Architecture. Because the O&C Building has achieved exceptional significance within the past 50 years, Criteria Consideration G applies. This historic property was originally used to assemble and test the Apollo spacecraft before launching. The International style building also provided crew training and preflight preparations, and contained astronaut housing, laboratories, medical facilities, and the Apollo mission high-altitude chambers, which were used to assemble and test the integrated command, service, and docking modules in a simulated space environment (Butowsky 1981:11). A small chamber was moved to Hangar L in 1985 and was extensively altered. In later years, the facility was modified to support the Space Shuttle program. Payload integration was performed primarily in the High and Low Bays. In 2007, all equipment in the Low Bay was removed, which included the ATM Clean Room (also known as the Apollo Test Mount Clean Room); Workstands 2 and 3; CITE Workstand 4; the Experiment Integration Test Stand (North Stand); and the Rack, Floor and Pallet Stand (Mideast Stand) to support the new CxP. The boundary of the O&C Building extends from the outer perimeter of the structure approximately 3 m (10 ft), which includes all necessary components historically required to support its functions.
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 1967-02-16 Checkout Equipment Control Room #1 in Operations and Checkout Building |
 1975-01-27 Apollo spacecraft for ASTP during prelaunch checkout |
 1980-08-25 Key Elements of Spacelab Processing in Operations and Checkout Building |
 1983-06-14 Interior view of Spacelab 1 to show layout of equipment and astronauts testing tools in Operations and Checkout Building |
 1984-03-27 LDEF payload and flight service structure |
 1984-03-27 LDEF payload and flight service structure |
 1995-03-20 Spacelab-Mir Module Lift in the Operations and Checkout Building |
 1995-07-06 Workers in the Operations and Checkout Building prepare USML-2 module |
 1999-02-23 A test of the rotation handling fixture and altitude chamber in the Operations and Checkout Building High Bay |
 1999-02-23 A test of the rotation handling fixture and altitude chamber in the Operations and Checkout Building High Bay |
 1999-02-23 A test of the rotation handling fixture and altitude chamber in the Operations and Checkout Building High Bay |
 1999-06-18 The S0 truss undergoes processing in the Operations and Checkout Building |
 2000-10-02 The Joint Airlock Module is moved toward a stand before transfer to a payload canister |
 2001-05-07 A storage gas tank is moved to a pallet in the Operations and Checkout Building |
 2001-05-07 A storage gas tank is moved to a pallet in the Operations and Checkout Building |
 2001-05-17 The high pressure gas assembly is moved to the payload canister in the Operations and Checkout Building |
 2001-05-17 The high pressure gas assembly is moved to the payload canister in the Operations and Checkout Building |
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