Friction welding at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

Friction stir welding tool at NASA Michoud Assembly
Friction-stir-weld tool for wet and dry structures on the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage. It will weld barrel panels together to produce whole barrels for the two pressurized tanks, the intertank, the forward skirt and the aft engine section. More Info: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/

Friction-stir-weld tool for wet and dry structures on the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage. It will weld barrel panels together to produce whole barrels for the two pressurized tanks, the intertank, the forward skirt and the aft engine section. More Info: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/

Note:You may be interested in my photos from my visit to the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility..

Michoud, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Photo taken in August 2018. © Chad Davis