Michoud Assembly Facility
For more than half a century, NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans has been “America’s Rocket Factory,” the nation’s premiere site for manufacturing and assembly of large-scale space structures and systems. Michoud is NASA-owned and managed for the agency by Marshall Space Flight Center.
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana
founded
September 7, 1961
people
3,500+
Director
Hansel D. V. Gill
2023 Michoud Assembly Facility Year-In-Review
March 8, 2024
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