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[[File:vabexterior.jpg|thumb|right|The VAB as viewed from the exterior]]
 
[[File:vabexterior.jpg|thumb|right|The VAB as viewed from the exterior]]
The Vehicle Assembly Building is a large facility on the surface of Kerbin at Kerbal Space Center's launch complex. Rockets and other spacecraft can be designed vertically, making them different in that regard to machines put together in the [[Space Plane Hangar]]. The V.A.B. has been a feature of [[Kerbal Space Program]] since its initial public release in July of 2011.
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The '''Vehicle Assembly Building''' (abbr. '''VAB''', sometimes wrongly called "Vertical Assembly Building") is a large construction facility at [[Kerbal Space Center]]. It is commonly used for designing rockets and other spacecraft in a vertical environment. Parts can be placed without or with two-, three-, four-, six- and eightfold radial symmetry as opposed to the [[SPH]]'s bilateral symmetry. Vessels constructed in the VAB will launch from the Launch Pad.
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The V.A.B. has been a feature of [[Kerbal Space Program]] since its initial public release in July of 2011.
  
 
[[Category:Space Center Buildings]]
 
[[Category:Space Center Buildings]]

Revision as of 12:20, 2 October 2012

The VAB as viewed from the exterior

The Vehicle Assembly Building (abbr. VAB, sometimes wrongly called "Vertical Assembly Building") is a large construction facility at Kerbal Space Center. It is commonly used for designing rockets and other spacecraft in a vertical environment. Parts can be placed without or with two-, three-, four-, six- and eightfold radial symmetry as opposed to the SPH's bilateral symmetry. Vessels constructed in the VAB will launch from the Launch Pad.

The V.A.B. has been a feature of Kerbal Space Program since its initial public release in July of 2011.