What is Space Station Processing Facility?
[[File:STS-129 ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 14.jpg|thumb|Inside the SSPF, with many engineers and technicians manufacturing ISS parts]] The '''Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF)''' is a factory building at the [[Kennedy Space Center]]'s industrial complex. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/167451main_SSPF06.pdf|title=SSPF}}</ref> It was built in 1994 to make parts for the [[International Space Station]] and test them for launch. Today, the SSPF is used to make and process all of [[NASA]]'s future space station components, such as the [[Lunar Gateway]] and resupply vehicles for [[International Space Station]]. The building has a total floor area of 42,000 sq meters, is four stories high, and contains two enormous cleanrooms that serve as the main manufacturing bay. The building also has a ballroom for lectures, meetings and dinner events; office space for laboratories and computers; a canteen (with a restaurant and refreshment area), and several visitor areas. Tours are free (included in the KSC visitor complex bus tour), and show many areas of the factory. ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:NASA]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Florida]]