NASA Space Launch System Liquid Oxygen Tank

A liquid oxygen tank for NASA’s Space Launch System core stage is positioned for processing inside the Michoud Assembly Facility. Formed from welded aluminum-lithium sections, the tank stores supercooled liquid oxygen that feeds the RS-25 engines during launch. Together with the larger liquid hydrogen tank, it supplies the propellants required to generate thrust for missions in NASA’s Artemis program. Related photographs from the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where NASA’s Space Launch System core stages are assembled for Artemis missions.