Michoud ImagesJSC2012-E-093916 (13 June 2012) -- A pathfinder weld, which is basically a practice weld, is completed on the first space-bound...JSC2012-E-093915 (13 June 2012) -- A pathfinder weld, which is basically a practice weld, is completed on the first space-bound...A barrel is lifted off the Vertical Weld Center (VWC) at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.JSC2012-E-097569 (26 June 2012) -- At NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana, the first space-bound Orion capsule is packed up...JSC2012-E-097566 (26 June 2012) -- At NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana, the first space-bound Orion capsule is packed up...A 170-foot powerhouse -- the Vertical Assembly Center -- will soon be ready to build the core stage of NASA's...Ten barrels have been welded, including the first four LH2 qualification barrels, for the SLS core stage at NASA’s Michoud...JSC2012-E-097564 (26 June 2012) -- At NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana, the first space-bound Orion capsule is packed up...JSC2012-E-097568 (26 June 2012) -- At NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana, the first space-bound Orion capsule is packed up...At NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, all of the flight rings for the Space Launch System's first mission,...The largest spacecraft welding tool in the world, the Vertical Assembly Center, officially is open for business at NASA's Michoud...Todd May, Space Launch System Program manager, updates the progress of the rocket program to business representatives during "SLS Industry...Tim Livengood, a Boeing welding engineer, confirms setup on a friction stir weld test fixture at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility...A ring and barrel recently loaded onto the Vertical Assembly Center at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.The barrel for the engine section of NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, is taken off the Vertical Weld...NASA celebrated the agency's partnership with the people and industries of Louisiana at "NASA Day in Baton Rouge" on May...Engineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility transfer a 22-foot-tall barrel section of the SLS core stage from the Vertical Weld...Engineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility transfer a 22-foot-tall barrel section of the SLS core stage from the Vertical Weld...NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, center, views progress on the Space Launch System at Michoud Assembly Facility.The first stages of the Saturn IB rockets, left to right, S-IB-7, S- IB-9, S-IB-5 and S-IB-6, in the final...Technicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans lower a qualification ring for the SLS core stage.At NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, engineers are welding together the Orion crew module pathfinder in preparation for the welding process...Gore panels, provided to Boeing by supplier MT Aerospace of GermanyConstruction 'Fueling' Up for SLS Core Stage Hydrogen TankCrews at Conrad Shipyard in Morgan City, Louisiana, complete a 250-foot-long metal canopy for NASA's Pegasus barge.Work continues on NASA's Pegasus barge, which is undergoing refurbishments at Conrad Shipyard LLC in Morgan City, Louisiana.NASA’s countdown to deep space continued today with a 535-second test of its Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 rocket engine...Lockheed Martin engineers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, perform the first weld on the Orion spacecraft...Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed more than 50 pieces of flight and qualification hardware...NASA’s Orion spacecraft is another step closer to launching on its first mission to deep space atop the agency’s Space...NASA's Super Guppy aircraft readies to transport an Orion spacecraft from the Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana to Kennedy Space...The Orion crew module pressure vessel for NASA’s Artemis I is secured in an upgraded version of a test stand...A liquid hydrogen tank weld confidence article, at left, for the core stage of NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch...An engine section weld confidence article is taken off the Vertical Assembly Center at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New...A liquid oxygen tank confidence article for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, completes final welding on the Vertical...On April 12, NASA’s last space shuttle external tank will embark on a journey to the California Science Center in...Flight hardware for the core stage of the world's most powerful rocket, NASA's Space Launch System, finishes final welding and...Engineers are constructing qualification structural test articles for the core stage at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.The NASA barge Pegasus is 310 feet long and 50 feet wide. It looks cavernous, but it will soon be...The NASA barge Pegasus, left NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on Nov. 1, 2016 and traveled...
