NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building

• 4th largest building in the world (by volume)
• 525 feet tall by 716 feet long by 518 feet wide (129,428,000 cubic feet)
• Each star in the American flag on the side of the building is 6 feet wide
• The field of blue around the 50 stars on the flag is the size of a basketball court
• The red and white stripes in the flag are as wide as a road lane
• The flag was painted on the building in 1976
• The building contains 10,000 pounds of air conditioning equipment
• All of the air in the building can be replace about every hour
• The building is large enough to have it’s own weather system. Clouds have been known to form near the ceiling of the building during very humid conditions.
• The foundation of the building contains 30,000 cubic yards of concrete
• The building contains the 4 largest doors in the world (456 feet tall each)
• The 4 large doors on the building take 45 minutes to open fully