Space Station Processing Facility

Space Station Processing Facility
Interior of the SSPF, showing Node 2 being hoisted by overhead cranes
Location in Florida Show map of Florida Space Station Processing Facility (the United States) Show map of the United States
Built	1992
Location	Kennedy Space Center
Coordinates	28°31′26″N 80°38′39″W / 28.523844°N 80.6442833°W / 28.523844; -80.6442833
Industry	Aerospace and Space Technology
Products	Space Station Modules and Equipment
Employees	700+
Architect	KSC Management
Buildings	1
Area	42,500 m2 (457,000 sq ft)
Volume	111,888 m3 (3,951,300 cu ft) (high bay) 13,905 m3 (491,100 cu ft) (Intermediate bay)
Address	NASA Parkway East
Owner(s)	NASA

The Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) is a three-story industrial building at Kennedy Space Center for the manufacture and processing of flight hardware, modules, structural components and solar arrays of the International Space Station, and future space stations and commercial spacecraft. It was built in 1992 at the space complex's industrial area, just east of the Operations and Checkout Building.^[1]

The SSPF includes two processing bays, an airlock, operational control rooms, laboratories, logistics areas for equipment and machines, office space, a ballroom and conference halls, and a cafeteria. The processing areas, airlock, and laboratories are designed to support non-hazardous Space Station and Space Shuttle payloads in 100,000 class clean work areas. The building has a total floor area of 42,500 m² (457,000 sq ft).