Millennium Hotel
Hotels in downtown Minneapolis with rooms lit up during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Uptown Theatre, Minneapolis
Uptown Theatre on Hennepin Ave and Lagoon Ave in Minneapolis during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
The Joint and Cabooze Bar
The Joint and Cabooze Bars in March 2020 during pandemic closures in Minneapolis. Marquee reads “It will get better”
Nasa Rocket Factory
In 2018, I was given the rare opportunity by NASA take photos inside their Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. NASA MAF is home to the assembly of the Space Launch System rocket being built to send the Orion Spacecraft into space. The Artemis 1 mission was successfully completed on December 11th, 2022 after being launched 25 days earlier on November 16th. Artemis II is scheduled to be the firest manned mission that will send four astronauts on a lunar flyby for 21 days. The current launch date is November 2024.
Verticle Assembly Center at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
Looking down from the top of the Vertical Assembly Center at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility.
Space Robots at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
Manufacturing robots at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility.
Space Launch System: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/
NASA SA Cone Spacecraft Adapter Cone
Space hardware that will launch with Artemis I on Monday August 29th, 2022. The mission is the first planned launch of the Artemis space program that hopes to bring people back to the moon.
As of March 2024 the launch date is planned for September 2024. It’ll be the first crewed mission of the Orion Spacecraft and will do a moon flyby. It’ll be the first crew to travel beyond low orbit earth since 1972.
Artemis II Crew Module at Michoud Assembly Facility
NASA”s Artemis II crew module at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility.
As of March 2024 the launch date is planned for September 2024. It’ll be the first crewed mission of the Orion Spacecraft and will do a moon flyby. It’ll be the first crew to travel beyond low orbit earth since 1972.
Crew Module, Exploration Mission 2
The crew module being built for Artemis II at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility.
As of March 2024 the launch date is planned for September 2024. It’ll be the first crewed mission of the Orion Spacecraft and will do a moon flyby. It’ll be the first crew to travel beyond low orbit earth since 1972.
Barrel tools at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
Barrel tools at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility where the Space Launch System is being built.
More Info: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/
Vertical Assembly Center VAC Cells
Cleaning and Welding cells inside the Vertical Assembly Center at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility.
Exterior of NASA’s Pegasus Barge
Nasa’s Pegasus barge that will carry fuel tanks for the Space Launch System to other NASA facilities for testing and launches.
More Info:
NASA Infographic: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/multimedia/barge-pegasus-infographic
Pegasus Barge Fact Sheet: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_pegasus_fact_sheet_508_final_04212017.pdf
Friction welding at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
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/
Cleaning Cell at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
Looking down into the massive cleaning cell inside the Vertical Assembly Center at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility.
The massive washing facility is used to wash the insides of the Space Launch System(SLS) fuel tanks. The SLS rocket will be the world’s largest rocket ever built.
SLS Barrel interior at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
The inside of a Space Launch System (SLS) barrel used for the liquid hydrogen tank. It’s made of AI 2219, an aerospace aluminum alloy.
More Info: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/
Inside NASA’s Pegasus Barge
Nasa’s Pegasus barge that will carry fuel tanks for the Space Launch System to other NASA facilities for testing and launches.
More Info:
NASA Infographic: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/multimedia/barge-pegasus-infographic
Pegasus Barge Fact Sheet: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_pegasus_fact_sheet_508_final_04212017.pdf
NASA Pegasus Barge
Nasa’s Pegasus barge that will carry fuel tanks for the Space Launch System to other NASA facilities for testing and launches.
More Info:
NASA Infographic: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/multimedia/barge-pegasus-infographic
Pegasus Barge Fact Sheet: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_pegasus_fact_sheet_508_final_04212017.pdf
Inside the massive NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
Inside the massive NASA Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans where the Space Launch System is being built.
Inside the Vertical Weld Center at NASA Michoud Assembly Facilit
Inside the Vertical Weld Center. The 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/
SLS Fuel Tank Interior at Michoud Assembly Facility
The interior of the Space Launch System (SLS) fuel tank at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility.
NASA Core Stage Infographic: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/multimedia/infographics/corestage101.html
Space Launch System: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html
Liquid Oxygen Tank at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
A Liquid Oxygen tank being worked on inside Cell A at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility. It’s part of the Space Launch System Core Stage. The tank will hold 195,000 gallons of liquid oxygen cooled to -297 degrees Fahrenheit.
NASA Michoud Assembly Facility Space Tool
Looking down from the top of NASA’s 170ft space tool that will weld together barrels, domes and tanks for the Space Launch System (SLS) at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility.