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"View of VAB from S. 50' tower."

An amazing view looking generally northward, through the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) Low Bay (nearest the camera), down the transfer aisle, through the cavernous temporary “breezeway” afforded by the enormity of the main structure.
Note of course the Launcher Umbilical Tower (LUT) (on its Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP)) under construction in the left background…along with the Launch Control Center (LCC) to the immediate right of the VAB, also under construction.
And finally, the framework of the squat & rarely acknowledged Utility Annex - under construction as well - is visible to the left of the VAB, partially obstructing some of the LUT MLP.

Probably the first/only time you've read anything about the Utility Annex:

www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/utility-annex-facility-upgr...

Check out the vehicles…this is mid-1964. An engineering marvel to this day.

"South 50-ft. tower"...I vaguely recall coming across some obscure documentation regarding the various towers and their locations in the MILA. For points of elevated overhead illumination? Photographic vantage points? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Interesting & pertinent read. Some of it might even be correct:

public.ksc.nasa.gov/partnerships/wp-content/uploads/sites...

Taken on: April 9, 2025

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