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Building At Kennedy Ready For Work On Orion

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Monday, February 2nd, 2009

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After a two-year, top to bottom renovation, the High Bay Facility of the Operations & Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center is ready to begin preparations to build the new Orion crew exploration vehicle, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. Built in 1964, the O&C facility has a proud history as the final integration and checkout building for spacecraft used for human spaceflight beginning with the Apollo program. In 2007, after completing support activities for the International Space Station, major…

Congress

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