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Facility # P/L's at one time Processing Space, WxLxH Clean Room Class Door Size Hoisting Equipment, Tons & Max Hoisting Height Control Room Size, Sq Ft Haz Ops Cap
Hangar L Middecks Highbay: 52'x40' Lab Space 10'x14' None None Non Haz

Hangar L, also called the Life Sciences Support Facility (LSSF), supports Life Sciences Flight Experiments for the Space Shuttle Program and ongoing research in Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) and plant space biology. Hangar L supports the processing of orbiter middeck and Spacelab life science experiments. Hangar L also has accomodations and lab space for specimen holding and handling of small mammals, aquatic animals, plants, cells, tissues, and micro-organisms. The LSSF also contains limited areas for surgery, X-Ray, data management, storage, synchronous ground control, and flight experiment monitoring. Hangal L is located on Hangar Road and is the first hangar south of Industry Road. The building is a concrete block and steel frame hangar with two-story structures connected to the north and south sides.


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