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Photo Archive: Space Launch System

Photography by Chad Davis

The large Space Launch System print on the wall was placed there to show what is being built in this room.

Nasa Rocket Factory

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Manufacturing robots at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility.

Space Launch System: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/

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/…

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Looking down from the top of the Vertical Assembly Center at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility.

Verticle Assembly Center at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

Looking down from the top of the Vertical Assembly Center…

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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 Michoud Assembly Facility Space Tool

Looking down from the top of NASA’s 170ft space tool…

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NASA's welding tool, one of the world’s largest. The massive tool was designed and built to weld together the domes, rings, and barrels that make up the core stage pieces of the Space Launch System (SLS). The size of this thing can’t be described or shown in a photo.

NASA’s welding tool, the worlds largest

NASA’s welding tool, one of the world’s largest. The massive…

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A welding tool inside NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility where the Space Launch System(SLS) is being built.

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Welding tool inside NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

A welding tool inside NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility where the…

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The “Wall of Missions” at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility.

Wall of Missions at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

The “Wall of Missions” at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility. Note:…

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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.

Vertical Weld Center at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

The Vertical Weld Center at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility is…

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Inside the Vertical Assembly Center at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility.

NASA Vertical Assembly Center (VAC) , Michoud Assembly Facility

Inside the Vertical Assembly Center at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility….

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Stairway inside the vertical assembly center at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility where the Artemis spacecraft is being built.

Vertical Assembly Center stairs

Stairway inside the vertical assembly center at NASA Michoud Assembly…

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Inside the Vertical Assembly Center (VAC) at NASA Michoud where Space Launch System rocket and Artemis is being built.

NASA Michoud Assembly Facility Vertical Assembly center

Inside the Vertical Assembly Center (VAC) at NASA Michoud where…

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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

SLS Forward Skirt at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

The Forward Skirt is part of NASA’s Space Launch System…

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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

On NASA’s Pegasus Barge

Nasa’s Pegasus barge that will carry fuel tanks for the…

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Outside the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

The NASA logo on the side of Michoud Assembly Facility…

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The large Space Launch System print on the wall was placed there to show what is being built in this room.

NASA Vertical Assembly Center, Michoud

The large Space Launch System print on the wall was…

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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…

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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/

SLS Barrel interior at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

The inside of a Space Launch System (SLS) barrel used…

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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.

NASA SA Cone Spacecraft Adapter Cone

Space hardware that will launch with Artemis I on Monday…

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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.

Artemis II Crew Module at Michoud Assembly Facility

NASA”s Artemis II crew module at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility.As…

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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.

Crew Module, Exploration Mission 2

The crew module being built for Artemis II at NASA…

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Barrel tools at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility where the Space Launch System is being built.

More Info: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/

Barrel tools at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

Barrel tools at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility where the Space…

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Cleaning and Welding cells inside the Vertical Assembly Center at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility.

Vertical Assembly Center VAC Cells

Cleaning and Welding cells inside the Vertical Assembly Center at…

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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

Exterior of NASA’s Pegasus Barge

Nasa’s Pegasus barge that will carry fuel tanks for the…

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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/

Friction welding at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

Friction-stir-weld tool for wet and dry structures on the Space…

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