NASA has opened a new $6.2 million Space Shuttle Main Engine Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. An extension of the Orbiter Processing Facility, the new unit replaces one that was located in the Vehicle Assembly Building and will be used to help to streamline fleet operations. The first engines to be processed in the plant will be used on the STS88 Endeavour, which is scheduled to take part in the first US international Space Station assembly mission.
Source: Flight International
