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  1. Feb 8

    Technicians are preparing to connect the liquid hydrogen tank with the forward assembly of the Space Launch System rocket’s Artemis II core stage at . This will complete construction of most of the core stage for II. MORE >>

  2. Feb 25

    SEEN HERE: The liquid hydrogen tank that will be part of the Space Launch System core stage for III is being prepared and tested at . While the engine section is still being outfitted, crews attached an engine section aft simulator during proof testing.

    The liquid hydrogen tank is being moved at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility for testing.
    The liquid hydrogen tank is being moved at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility for testing.
    While the engine section is still being outfitted, crews attached an engine section aft simulator during proof testing.
    While the engine section is still being outfitted, crews attached an engine section aft simulator during proof testing.
  3. 26 Sep 2019

    NASA reached a major milestone in assembling the core stage for the rocket for I last week when engineers at connected all five of the major structures for the core stage. WATCH how it came together >>

  4. 4 Jan 2020

    As the team prepares the SLS rocket core stage for departure from the factory, let's look back at how it was assembled. Learn more in this episode of Rocket Science in 60 Seconds, WATCH >>

  5. 15 Dec 2021

    Teams at completed the upper portion of the core stage that will help power II, the second flight of NASA’s SLS rocket and the first crewed Artemis mission! Watch as teams carefully lower and stack the liquid oxygen tank, intertank, and forward skirt.

  6. The world’s largest rocket welding tool is right here in New Orleans. Crews at are already using the Vertical Assembly Facility to produce the liquid hydrogen tank for 2.

  7. Mar 1

    Happy Mardi Gras! Did you know that New Orleans is home to the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility? Check out this 2019 photograph of the Artemis I SLS rocket under construction!        

  8. 17 Dec 2021

    The forward skirt of the SLS for III has been successfully placed into the Vertical Assembly Center robotic weld tool at . The forward skirt will be outfitted with flight computers and avionics systems. READ MORE HERE >>

  9. 🌝 Total eclipse of the Moon! 🌚 Our photography team captured the "super blood Moon eclipse" as it set over New Orleans yesterday morning. (📸: MAF)

  10. Very excited to be at today! ’s Michoud Assembly Facility is our nation’s premiere site for manufacturing and assembly of large scale space structures and systems. Stay tuned!

  11. 9 Apr 2021

    Power in motion: The liquid oxygen tank for the 2nd deep-space rocket that will launch astronauts on the II lunar flyby is moved to prepare it for forward join at .

  12. 1 Oct 2019

    Technicians at have assembled and joined the five main structural components of the SLS rocket's 212-foot-tall core stage. Next, they will begin attaching each of the four RS-25 engines to the stage. WATCH as they connect the engine section >>

  13. Feb 7

    Renee Horton was the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in material engineering with a concentration in physics from the University of Alabama. Today, she's a quality engineer for NASA’s SLS rocket at . MORE>>

  14. 22 Nov 2019

    As crews at near the end of production on the core stage for Artemis I, teams are working on flight hardware for Artemis II. The liquid hydrogen tank has been moved for proof testing at the factory. Learn more about Artemis II HERE >>

  15. 13 Sep 2019

    Crews at have rotated the SLS engine section from a vertical to horizontal position to prepare it for joining to the rest of the core stage. The engine section is the last major component to be integrated to the stage. DETAILS >>

  16. 22 Feb 2021

    Technicians at have been manufacturing and testing confidence weld articles for the Exploration Upper Stage for future flights of SLS. Teams will use the articles to validate welding parameters to manufacture EUS hardware. LEARN MORE >>

  17. 25 Aug 2020

    It’s arrived! 🤩 The first piece of ’s pressure vessel for III has arrived to , where it will be welded to the underlying structure. We are one step closer to landing the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024:

    The first piece of the Orion spacecraft’s pressure vessel for Artemis III – the mission that will land the first woman and next man on the Moon in 2024 – has arrived at NASA. The cone panel that will house the windows astronauts will use to view the Moon was designed by Orion’s lead contractor, Lockheed Martin, and manufactured by AMRO Fabricating Corp., of South El Monte, California. It arrived at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Aug. 21. In the coming months, the other six elements of the pressure vessel will arrive at Michoud where they will be welded together to build the underlying structure of Orion. The pressure vessel is Orion’s primary structure that holds the pressurized atmosphere astronauts will breathe and work in while in the vacuum of deep space.
  18. 22 Jul 2020

    Teams at continue to make progress in building the core stage of NASA's SLS rocket for Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon in 's program. This video shows completed work teams have made since January 2020. WATCH >>

  19. 14 Nov 2019

    Crews at have attached all four engines to the SLS rocket's core stage that will help power the first Artemis mission to the Moon. Take a behind-the-scenes look inside the factory HERE >>

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