The core stage pathfinder, a full-scale, steel mockup of the SLS core stage, is at Michoud and ready for technicians to start practicing the precise procedures that will be needed to transport and handle the largest rocket stage ever built.
The core stage pathfinder, a full-scale, steel mockup of the SLS core stage, is at Michoud and ready for technicians to start practicing the precise procedures that will be needed to transport and handle the largest rocket stage ever built. The pathfinder recently traveled via barge from G&G Steel in Cordova, Alabama, where it was manufactured, to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. It will later travel to Stennis to be lifted into the B-2 test stand for practice operations.
Credits: NASA MSFC Michoud image: Jude Guidry