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Space Shuttle Program Historic Properties 6-51
NASA Kennedy Space Center
Photo 6.45. LUT and mobile launcher construction, August 1964.
(Source: NASA Kennedy Space Center, KSC-64C-3077)
Photo 6.46. MLP modifications, September 1976.
(Source: NASA Kennedy Space Center, KSC-76C-2754)
Each MLP is a two-story steel structure that measures approximately 160 ft in length, 135
ft in width, and 25 ft in height. Decks A and B contain rooms for control and service
panels, and other necessary mechanical and electrical equipment. The “roof,” referred to
as Deck 0, contains the blast deck, the liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid hydrogen (LH 2)
TSMs, the eight SRB supports, to which the Shuttle vehicle is mounted, and numerous
blast shields and sound suppression mechanisms. Each MLP sits on six pedestals when in
the VAB and on the launch pad, which has an additional four columns to help stiffen the
October 2007
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