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Welcome to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility. The nation’s premiere site for manufacturing and assembly of large-scale space structures and systems.
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Michoud News
NASA has earned a spot on The Webby 30, a curated list celebrating 30 companies and organizations that have shaped the digital landscape. “This honor reflects the talent of NASA’s communications professionals who bring our story to life,” said Will…
NASA has selected Bastion Technologies Inc. of Houston to provide safety and mission assurance services for the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The Safety and Mission Assurance II (SMAS II) award is a performance-based, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with…
Just after sunrise, the waning gibbous moon sets just behind a waving United States flag on March 19, 2025, in this image from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The waning gibbous moon phase comes after the full moon.…
JUL 16, 2024
Core Stage 2
Artemis II Core Stage rollout
The core stage for the SLS mega rocket is the largest stage NASA has ever produced. At 212 feet tall, the stage consists of five major elements, including two huge propellant tanks that collectively hold more than 733,000 gallons of super chilled liquid propellant to feed four RS-25 engines at its base. During launch and flight, the stage will operate for just over eight minutes, producing more than 2 million pounds of thrust to help send a crew of four astronauts inside NASA’s Orion spacecraft onward to the Moon.
Core Stage 2 Rollout
MAF ALERT SYSTEM
ReadyOp is an emergency notifications system that will allow the MAF Emergency Management Team the ability to contact subscribers with instant notifications via email and text messages to cell phones. Subscribers will get information during a major crisis, severe weather warnings and other potential threats to the facility. Prior to visiting the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility, we suggest all guests to sign up for ReadyOp.
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