Industrial Stairwell, NASA Michoud Vertical Assembly Center

Stairwell Inside NASA’s Vertical Assembly Center
A stairwell provides access within NASA’s Vertical Assembly Center at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. This industrial structure, characterized by its orange and blue framework, serves the 170-foot-tall welding system critical for assembling core stages of the Space Launch System (SLS). The facility is a cornerstone for precision manufacturing, directly supporting the Artemis program's development of heavy-lift rockets for deep space exploration. Related photographs from the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where NASA’s Space Launch System core stages are assembled for Artemis missions.
Photo taken in August 2018.
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