Operations and Checkout Building, Merritt Island

Name: Operations and Checkout Building
Address: Merritt Island, United States

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Operations and Checkout Building, Merritt Island

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The Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building is a historic building on Merritt Island, Florida, United States. The five-story structure is in the Industrial Area of NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Its has twin-block facilities that include the crew quarter dormitories for astronauts, suit-up preparations prior to their flights, and the other is a large spacecraft workshop used for manufacturing and checking activities on crewed spacecraft. On January 21, 2000, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1964 (60 years ago)Coordinates: 28°31'26"N, 80°38'46"W

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Merritt Island United States

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Operations and Checkout Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Shuttle Launch Experience, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, Air Force Space and Missile Museum, Space Mirror Memorial.

2 miW
Amusement, Observatories and planetariums, Amusement park
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2.2 miW
Museum
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Museum, Military museum
Air Force Space and Missile Museum, Cape Canaveral
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2.1 miW
History museum, Entertainment, Sculpture
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Ship
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