Mission Patch Hallway, NASA Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans
Taken August 2018
A corridor at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, displays a collection of mission patches and crew insignias. These emblems chronicle significant milestones in American aerospace history, reflecting the facility's contributions to programs like Apollo and the Space Shuttle. Today, Michoud continues its legacy as a primary manufacturing site for the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage, critical for NASA's Artemis missions. The display serves as a historical testament to the facility's ongoing role in space exploration, set against its industrial backdrop. Related photographs from the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where NASA’s Space Launch System core stages are assembled for Artemis missions.
Taken August 2018
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