Editing Kennedy Space Center (section)

=== Payload manufacture and processing ===
[[File:KSC Operations and Checkout Building.jpg|thumb|Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building]]
[[File:ISS_space_station_modules_in_the_SSPF.jpg|thumb|Pre-made ISS modules in the Space Station Processing Facility]]
[[File:BlueOrigin_OLS_mfg_building,_Florida_(from_southeast).jpg|thumb|[[Blue Origin]]'s manufacturing facility near KSC visitor complex]]

* The [[Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building]] (O&C) (previously known as the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building) is a historic site on the [[U.S. National Register of Historic Places]] dating back to the 1960s and was used to receive, process, and integrate payloads for the Gemini and Apollo programs, the Skylab program in the 1970s, and for initial segments of the International Space Station through the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/oc.html|title=Operations and Checkout Building|access-date=October 16, 2011|archive-date=January 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121220555/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/oc.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Apollo and Space Shuttle astronauts would board the [[astronaut transfer van]] to launch complex 39 from the O&C building.<ref name="astrovan">{{cite web |url = http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/behindscenes/astrovan.html |title = Catching a Ride to Destiny |publisher=NASA |first=Cheryl L. |last=Mansfield |date=July 15, 2008 |access-date=July 13, 2009 }}</ref>
* The three-story, {{convert|457000|sqft|adj=on}} [[Space Station Processing Facility]] (SSPF) consists of two enormous processing bays, an airlock, operational control rooms, laboratories, logistics areas and office space for support of non-hazardous Space Station and Shuttle payloads to [[Class 3000|ISO 14644-1 class 5]] standards.<ref>[http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/sspf.html Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206084918/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/sspf.html |date=February 6, 2007 }}. Science.ksc.nasa.gov. Retrieved on May 5, 2012.</ref> Opened in 1994, it is the largest factory building in the KSC industrial area.
*The Vertical Processing Facility (VPF) features a {{convert|71|by|38|ft|adj=on}} door where payloads that are processed in the vertical position are brought in and manipulated with two overhead cranes and a hoist capable of lifting up to {{convert|35|ST}}.<ref>[http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/vpf.html Vertical Processing Facility] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017175450/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/vpf.html |date=October 17, 2016 }}. Science.ksc.nasa.gov. Retrieved on May 5, 2012.</ref>
* The [[Hypergolic Maintenance and Checkout Facility]] (HMCA) comprises three buildings that are isolated from the rest of the industrial area because of the hazardous materials handled there. [[Hypergolic-fuel]]ed modules that made up the Space Shuttle Orbiter's [[reaction control system]], orbital maneuvering system and auxiliary power units were stored and serviced in the HMCF.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/hmf.html |title = Hypergolic Maintenance and Checkout Facility |access-date = October 16, 2011 |archive-date = September 8, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160908211507/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/hmf.html |url-status = dead }}</ref>
* The [[Multi-Payload Processing Facility]] is a {{convert|19647|sqft|m2|sp=us}}<ref name="NASA_MPPF_Gas_Station">{{cite web |last=Granath |first=Bob |title=Multi-Payload Processing Facility Provides 'Gas Station' for Orion |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/multi-payload-processing-facility-provides-gas-station-for-orion |website=NASA |access-date=1 December 2019 |date=25 August 2016 |language=en-US |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617080204/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/multi-payload-processing-facility-provides-gas-station-for-orion/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> building used for Orion spacecraft and payload processing.
*The '''Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility''' ('''PHSF''') contains a {{convert|70|by|110|ft|adj=on}} service bay, with a {{convert|50|ST|lb kg|adj=on|order=out}}, {{convert|85|ft|adj=on}} hook height. It also contains a {{convert|58|by|80|ft|adj=on}} payload airlock. Its temperature is maintained at {{cvt|70|F|C}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/phsf.html |title=Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility |publisher=Science.ksc.nasa.gov |access-date=2018-05-02 |archive-date=December 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224063325/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/phsf.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*The '''Blue Origin''' rocket manufacturing facility is located immediately south of the KSC visitor complex. Completed in 2019, it serves as the company's factory for the manufacture of New Glenn orbital rockets.<ref name="nsf29170329">{{cite news |last1=Bergin |first1=Chris |last2=Munson |first2=Noel |url = https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/03/blue-origin-making-cape-orbital-launch-site/ |title = Blue Origin working towards making the Cape its Orbital Launch Site |website = NASASpaceFlight |date=29 March 2017 |access-date=20 January 2018 }}</ref>