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.
NASA Vertical Assembly Center, Michoud
The large Space Launch System print on the wall was placed there to show what is being built in this room.
Outside the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
The NASA logo on the side of Michoud Assembly Facility where the Space Launch System (SLS) for Artemis is being built.
On 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
SLS Forward Skirt at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
The Forward Skirt is part of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). Housing flight computers, cameras and avionics it is pretty much the brain of the rocket. This photo was taken a couple weeks after it’s final assembly was completed at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility.
NASA Michoud Assembly Facilty Vertical Assembly center
Indide the Verticle Assembly Center (VAC) at NASA Michoud where Space Launch System rocket and Artemis is being built.
Vertical Assembly Center stairs
Stairway inside the vertical assembly center at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility where the Artemis spacecraft is being built.
NASA Vertical Assembly Center (VAC) , Michoud Assembly Facility
Inside the Vertical Assembly Center at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility.
Vertical Weld Center at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
The Vertical Weld Center at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility is a 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.
Wall of Missions at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
The “Wall of Missions” at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility.
Welding tool inside NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
A welding tool inside NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility where the Space Launch System(SLS) is being built.
https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/