Vehicle Assembly Building

The VAB and launch pad as viewed from the exterior

The interior of the VAB with ground crew.

The Vehicle Assembly Building (abbr. VAB, sometimes wrongly called "Vertical Assembly Building") is a large construction facility at Kerbal Space Center. It is used for designing rockets and other spacecraft in a vertical orientation. Parts can be placed singly 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. Kerbal scientists, engineers, and utility vehicles roam through the VAB, in addition to cargo lifts, with various animations although they do not affect the design process. Occasionally, the utility vehicles will drive through one another.

Description

The VAB is a large cubical assembly bay located at the very center of KSC. Large yellow doors act as auxiliary entrances and are located at the north, west, and south faces of the building. On the north side however, there is a giant shutter that spans the whole height of the building. This shutter makes way for all vehicles that are created inside the VAB. There is also a small complex that juts out of the south side. There are stairs and ladders that lead to the roof of the VAB, but dismounting the tops of the ladders is difficult. On the roof, there are 2 helipads beside the skylights. There are no helicopters in the game as of yet, but the pads can be landed on by VTOL vehicles, like the stock Rocket-power VTOL.