What is Operations and Checkout Building?
[[File:ISS US lab overhead crane.jpg|thumb|ISS US lab being manufactured and hoisted to a vacuum test chamber in the O&C]] The '''Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building''' ('''O&C''')<ref>{{cite web | url=https://images.nasa.gov/details-s26-s-029 | title=NASA Image and Video Library }}</ref> (previously known as the '''Manned Spacecraft Operations Building''') is a factory located at [[Kennedy Space Center]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/oc.html|title=Operations and Checkout Building|website=science.ksc.nasa.gov|access-date=2020-05-13|archive-date=2020-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016193908/https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/oc.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The building was built in 1964, and made from [[reinforced concrete]] and steel. Its purpose is to make and test out rocket parts such as the Apollo Command/Service Module, Lunar Module, [[Space Shuttle]] Spacelab modules, and truss components for the [[International Space Station]]. Once manufacturing and check-testing is complete, the spacecraft modules or space stations are checked out of the factory to the [[Space Station Processing Facility|SSPF]] or the [[Vehicle Assembly Building]] for integration and launch. The O&C is actually a two-part building with connected overhead walkways. The front building is where astronauts live in dormitories before launching into space. It also has a few conference rooms, several laboratories, and a restaurant. The rear building is where the spacecraft manufacturing workshop is located. In 2014, the O&C was named in honor of the first man on the moon: [[Neil Armstrong]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35947047/florida-today/|title=Clipped From Florida Today|date=2014-07-22|work=Florida Today|access-date=2020-05-13|pages=A1}}</ref> ==References== <references /> [[Category:NASA]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Florida]]