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.
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. It will be used in Exploration Mission-1, launching from the Kennedy Space Center in June 2020.
#5 in the following NASA Infographic: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/multimedia/infographics/corestage101.html
Space Launch System: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.