john f. kennedy space center brevard county, florida - Environmental ...

Space Shuttle Program Historic Properties
NASA Kennedy Space Center
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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5.0 PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS..................................................................... 5-1
5.1 The LC 39 Site......................................................................................... 5-1
5.2 LC 39 Site Reassessment......................................................................... 5-1
5.3 Survey and Evaluation of NASA-owned Facilities Within CCAFS ....... 5-2
6.0 SURVEY RESULTS.......................................................................................... 6-1
6.1 Summary of Survey Results .................................................................... 6-1
6.2 NRHP- listed and Eligible Properties ...................................................... 6-7
6.2.1 Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) (8BR1684)..........................6-7
6.2.2 Launch Control Center (LCC) (8BR1685) .................................. 6-9
6.2.3 Crawler Transporters (8BR1688) ..............................................6-11
6.2.4 Crawlerway (8BR1688).............................................................6-12
6.2.5 The Press Site: Clock and Flag Pole (8BR1690).......................6-13
6.2.6 Launch Complex (LC) 39: Pad A Historic District (8BR1686) 6-14
6.2.7 Launch Complex 39: Pad A (8BR1995)....................................6-16
6.2.8 Launch Complex (LC) 39: Pad B Historic District (8BR1687) 6-18
6.2.9 Launch Complex 39: Pad B (8BR2010) ....................................6-20
6.2.10 Shuttle Landing Facility Area Historic District (8BR1986)......6-21
6.2.11 SLF (Runway) (8BR1987).........................................................6-23
6.2.12 Landing Aids Control Building (LACB) (8BR1988) ................6-24
6.2.13 Mate-Demate Device (MDD) (8BR1989) .................................6-25
6.2.14 Orbiter Processing Historic District (8BR1990)........................ 6-27
6.2.15 Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) High Bays 1 and 2
(8BR1991)..................................................................................6-28
6.2.16 Orbiter Processing Facility High Bay 3 (OPF-3) (8BR1992).... 6-30
6.2.17 Thermal Protection System Facility (TPSF) (8BR1994)...........6-33
6.2.18 Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) Disassembly and Refurbishment
Complex Historic District 8BR1996) ........................................6-35
6.2.19 Rotation/Processing Building (8BR1997) .................................6-37
6.2.20 SRB Assembly and Refurbishment (ARF) Manufacturing
Building (8BR1998)...................................................................6-38
6.2.21 Parachute Refurbishment Facility (PRF) (8BR2014)................6-40
6.2.22 Canister Rotation Facility (CRF) (8BR2016)............................6-42
6.2.23 Orbiter Payload Canisters (8BR2017) .......................................6-44
6.2.24 Hypergolic Maintenance and Checkout Area (HMCA)
Historic District 8BR2015)........................................................6-45
6.2.25 Hypergol Module Processing (HMP) (North) (8BR1993) ........6-47
6.2.26 Retrieval Ships LibertyStar (8BR2019) and Freedom Star
(8BR2020)..................................................................................6-48
6.2.27 Mobile Launcher Platforms (MLP) (8BR2021) ........................6-50
6.3 Non-eligible Facilities and Properties.................................................... 6-52
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