{CaptionsBy}    Sherikon Space Systems

{LastEditor}    KSC Archive to NIX conversion program

{ScannedBy}     Bionetics Photo Lab

{acquireddate}  14-Apr-1965

{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          14-Apr-1965

{description}   Hundreds of construction workers, community leaders, and NASA and
                contractor employees were present on April 14, 1965 for a
                ceremony marking off the ""topping off"" of the Vehicle Assembly
                Building. Visible in this photo are the three Launch umbilical
                Towers then being constructed from which to launch the giant
                Saturn V rocket which would hurl Americans to the Moon during
                Project Apollo. The LUTs were 446-feet tall. They were modified
                to support the Space Shuttle program following completion of
                Saturn/Apollo related programs in the mid 1970s.

{highres}       2236 x 1808

{highsize}      722168

{hightype}      JPEG

{keywords}      APOLLO PROGRAM,TOPPING OFF,CEREMONIES,EMPLOYEES,CONSTRUCTION
                WORKERS,LAUNCH UMBILICAL TOWER [LUT],HAMMERHEAD CRANE

{lowres}        297 x 240

{lowsize}       98872

{lowtype}       GIF

{mediumres}     950 x 768

{mediumsize}    94894

{mediumtype}    JPEG

{number}        KSC-87P-0220

{orientation}   horizontal

{othernumbers}  KSC-87P-220, P-20231, ARCHIVE-04374

{place}         LAUNCH COMPLEX 39

{slideres}      161 x 156

{slidesize}     36158

{slidetype}     GIF

{tinyres}       100 x 81

{tinysize}      11403

{tinytype}      GIF

{title}         VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING [VAB] & TOPPING OFF CEREMONIES

{type}          Image

{view}          exterior

{end}