page_title: Operations and Checkout Building
hierarchical_section_title: Operations and Checkout Building
caption_attribution_description: English: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the U.S. Lab moves overhead after being lifted out of the vacuum chamber where it was tested for leaks. The test was very successful. The 32,000-pound steel and aluminum scientific research lab, named Destiny, is the first Space Station element to spend seven days in the renovated vacuum chamber. Destiny is scheduled to be launched on Shuttle mission STS-98, the 5A assembly mission, targeted for Jan. 18, 2001. During the mission, the crew will install the Lab in the Space Station during a series of three space walks. The STS-98 mission will provide the Station with science research facilities and expand its power, life support and control capabilities. The U.S. Lab module continues a long tradition of microgravity materials research, first conducted by Skylab and later Shuttle and Spacelab missions. Destiny is expected to be a major feature in future research, providing facilities for biotechnology, fluid physics, combustion, and life sciences research
context_page_description: The Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building is a factory located at Kennedy Space Center.
  The building was built in 1964, and made from reinforced concrete and steel.
  It's purpose is to make and test out rocket parts such as the Apollo Command/Service Module, Lunar Module, Space Shuttle Spacelab modules, and truss components for the International Space Station. Once manufacturing and check-testing is complete, the spacecraft modules or space stations are checked out of the factory to the SSPF or the Vehicle Assembly Building for integration and launch.
  The O&C is actually a two-part building with connected overhead walkways. The front building is where astronauts live in dormitories before launching into space. It also has a few conference rooms, several laboratories, and a restaurant. The rear building is where the spacecraft manufacturing workshop is located.
  In 2014, the O&C was named in honor of the first man on the moon: Neil Armstrong.
context_section_description: The Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building (commonly referred to as the 'O&C") is a factory located at Kennedy Space Center.
  The building was built in 1964, and made from reinforced concrete and steel.
  It's purpose is to make and test out rocket parts such as the Apollo Command/Service Module, Lunar Module, Space Shuttle Spacelab modules, and truss components for the International Space Station. Once manufacturing and check-testing is complete, the spacecraft modules or space stations are checked out of the factory to the SSPF or the Vehicle Assembly Building for integration and launch.
  The O&C is actually a two-part building with connected overhead walkways. The front building is where astronauts live in dormitories before launching into space. It also has a few conference rooms, several laboratories, and a restaurant. The rear building is where the spacecraft manufacturing workshop is located.
  In 2014, the O&C was named in honor of the first man on the moon: Neil Armstrong.
  "Operations and Checkout Building". science.ksc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  "Clipped From Florida Today". Florida Today. 2014-07-22. pp. A1. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
caption: ISS US lab being manufactured and hoisted to a vacuum test chamber in the O&C
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