Much of the Hangar S operational areas were used to maintain equipment associated with the retrieval of the shuttle's solid rocket boosters.
During the later stages of the Space Shuttle Program, much of the Hangar S operational areas were used to maintain equipment associated with the retrieval of the shuttle’s solid rocket boosters. Following STS-135, the final space shuttle mission in July 2011, work inside Hangar S came to an end. Photo credit: NASA