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Space Shuttle Program Historic Properties 5-46NASA-wide Roll-up Report5.3.11 Type 11: Resources Associated with Space Flight RecoverySeven historic properties are classified as Type 11 resources:• MDD at DFRC• SLF Runways at WSSH• SLF Runway at KSC• Landing Aids Control Building at KSC• MDD at KSC• Retrieval ship Liberty Star at KSC• Retrieval ship Freedom Star at KSCAll are eligible under NRHP Criterion A as exceptionally significant facilities thatfacilitated the recovery and reuse of the spacecraft and its major components after theirreturn to Earth. Some are also distinguished by their design and construction, and thus,are eligible under Criterion C. Five properties are located at KSC, and one each is locatedat DFRC and WSSH. All seven historic properties are also classified as Type 1:Resources Associated with Transportation, and are described and illustrated in Section5.3.1.5.3.12 Type 12: Resources Associated with Processing PayloadsThree properties at KSC, the Canister Rotation Facility and the two Payload Canisters,are classified as Type 12 resources. The two Payload Canisters are described andillustrated in Section 5.3.1 as Type 1: Resources Associated with Transportation; theCanister Rotation Facility is described and depicted in Section 5.3.2 as a Type 2: VehicleProcessing Facility.July 2008Archaeological Consultants, Inc.
Space Shuttle Program Historic Properties 6-1NASA-wide Roll-up Report6.0 CONCLUSIONS AND MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS6.1 Overview of Significant Historic PropertiesAs a result of NASA’s agency-wide survey and assessment of SSP-related historicfacilities, 70 assets were identified which individually meet the NRHP criteria ofeligibility. This number includes 19 personal property assets (the three orbiters, tworetrieval ships, two payload canisters, two SLF runways, two Crawler Transporters, threeMLPs, the barge Poseidon, the Pacific Scientific Furnace, the OLF, the Crawlerway, andthe Clock and Flag Pole). All surveyed real and personal property assets are NASAowned.The WSSH SLF runways are located on property leased by NASA from the U.S.Army, and the OLF and Shuttle Orbiter Final Assembly Building are on property leasedfrom the U.S. Air Force at AFP 42 in Palmdale. The Pacific Scientific Furnace is housedin PWR’s Canoga Park Facility.Collectively, these buildings, structures, and objects embody the historical developmentsof the U.S. Space Shuttle Program, from the early period of development through thenear final years of operation. Many of the historic properties were originally built tosupport the Apollo Program, and were modified and adaptively reused for the SSP.Others were specially built as new facilities to meet the unique needs of the SSP.6.1.1 Chronology of Infrastructure DevelopmentThe 70 exceptionally important SSP-related historic properties were first constructedbetween 1943 and 1996. Fourteen were originally built prior to 1960, and 34 wereconstructed in the 1960s, largely in support of Saturn/Apollo. The other 22 historicproperties were designed and built exclusively for the SSP during the 1970s, 1980s, and1990s.The oldest facilities used in support of the SSP predate the birth of NASA. The historicproperties built before 1960 include Runway 17/35 at WSSH (late 1940s); the 8 by 6SWT (1949) and the 10 by 10 SWT (1955) at GRC; the ALDF (1956) at LaRC; the CocaI Test Stand and associated Coca Control Center (both 1956) at SSFL; Building 150 atPalmdale (1958); and seven facilities at MSFC, including the Office and Wind TunnelFacility (1943), as well as the late 1950s Materials and Processes Laboratory; Structures,Dynamics and Thermal Vacuum Laboratory; HOSC/NDC; Multi-Purpose High BayFacility and NBS; and the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing. To varyingdegrees, all were modified to support operations for the SSP. Similarly, with fewexceptions, facilities constructed during the 1960s, including large rocket engine teststands and Apollo-era launch facilities, were adapted for use in support of the SSP duringthe 1970s and 1980s. Modifications included large building additions, as well as upgradesto equipment, without alteration to the physical structure. A chronology of selectedfacility modifications, additions and upgrades is provided in Table 6.1July 2008Archaeological Consultants, Inc.
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