{"id":127857,"date":"2023-01-05T11:58:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T16:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?page_id=127857"},"modified":"2024-01-05T18:31:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T23:31:54","slug":"nasas-michoud-assembly-facility-overview","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/michoud-assembly-facility\/nasas-michoud-assembly-facility-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block flex-align-center padding-y-8 padding-bottom-4 desktop:padding-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-lg\">About Michoud<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0\">For more than 60 years, NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, has been \u201cAmerica\u2019s rocket factory,\u201d the nation\u2019s premiere site for manufacturing and assembly of large-scale space structures and systems. The government-owned manufacturing facility is one of the largest in the world, with 43 acres of manufacturing space under one roof\u2014a space large enough to contain more than 31 professional football fields. Michoud is managed by NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, with several areas of the facility used by commercial firms or NASA contractors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-left-0 desktop:padding-left-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-intro-quick-facts border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-top-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"label margin-top-0 margin-bottom-2 color-carbon-50-important\">Quick Facts<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper hds-carousel-wrapper-relative\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">Known as ‘America’s Rocket Factory’ for manufacturing and assembling large-scale space structures and systems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nelson-melroy-maf.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Known as 'America's Rocket Factory' for manufacturing and assembling large-scale space structures and systems.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 85% 1%; object-position: 85% 1%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nelson-melroy-maf.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nelson-melroy-maf.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nelson-melroy-maf.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nelson-melroy-maf.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nelson-melroy-maf.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nelson-melroy-maf.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nelson-melroy-maf.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nelson-melroy-maf.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nelson-melroy-maf.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nelson-melroy-maf.jpg?resize=2000,1334 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">It has 43 acres of manufacturing space under one roof\u2014a space large enough to contain more than 31 professional football fields.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/167090main_maf_aerial4.jpeg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"It has 43 acres of manufacturing space under one roof\u2014a space large enough to contain more than 31 professional football fields.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/167090main_maf_aerial4.jpeg 1800w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/167090main_maf_aerial4.jpeg?resize=300,212 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/167090main_maf_aerial4.jpeg?resize=768,542 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/167090main_maf_aerial4.jpeg?resize=1024,723 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/167090main_maf_aerial4.jpeg?resize=1536,1085 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/167090main_maf_aerial4.jpeg?resize=400,282 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/167090main_maf_aerial4.jpeg?resize=600,424 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/167090main_maf_aerial4.jpeg?resize=900,636 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/167090main_maf_aerial4.jpeg?resize=1200,847 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>   \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-media\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-full\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF-Aerial-2048x819-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF-Aerial-2048x819-1.png?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 51%; object-position: 50% 51%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF-Aerial-2048x819-1.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF-Aerial-2048x819-1.png?resize=300,120 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF-Aerial-2048x819-1.png?resize=768,307 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF-Aerial-2048x819-1.png?resize=1024,410 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF-Aerial-2048x819-1.png?resize=1536,614 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF-Aerial-2048x819-1.png?resize=400,160 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF-Aerial-2048x819-1.png?resize=600,240 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF-Aerial-2048x819-1.png?resize=900,360 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF-Aerial-2048x819-1.png?resize=1200,480 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF-Aerial-2048x819-1.png?resize=2000,800 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Michoud is manufacturing and assembling the largest rocket stage NASA has ever constructed: the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage\u2014the world\u2019s most powerful rocket that will send the Orion spacecraft, astronauts and supplies on bold exploration missions to the Moon and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michoud workers, led by prime contractor The Boeing Co., headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, are building the SLS core stage, the largest part of the 322-foot-tall rocket, for all of the SLS rockets. Towering at 212 feet tall with a diameter of 27.6 feet, the SLS core stage is the largest rocket stage ever flown. It stores 733,000 gallons of super-cooled liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to fuel the four RS-25 engines which power the rocket. Aerojet Rocketdyne of Sacramento, California, is the prime contractor for the RS-25 engines.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"width-full maxw-full margin-left-auto margin-right-auto hds-media-align-inline hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-video\"><div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full maxw-full flex-column\"><div class=\"hds-video-container width-full embed-container\"><video title=\"MAF_20210902_60thAnniversary_1080HD\" id=\"nasa-plus-Y015e\" class=\"video-js video-player vjs-fluid width-full\" data-setup='{\"controls\":true,\"preload\":\"auto\",\"plugins\":{\"mux\":{\"debug\":false,\"data\":{\"env_key\":\"91nns8oppqdfqc44lgo4b1gni\",\"player_name\":\"www.nasa.gov Player\",\"video_name\":\"MAF_20210902_60thAnniversary_1080HD\"}}}}'  ><source src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_20210902_60thAnniversary_1080HD.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p><\/video><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-media-caption hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\"><div>Michoud Assembly Facility<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Michoud\u2019s state-of-the-art manufacturing and welding equipment\u2014including a friction-stir-welding tool that is the largest of its kind in the world\u2014make it possible to build several core stages simultaneously. Each core stage\u2019s major structures are built with the large welding machines, then outfitted with avionics, thermal protection systems, propulsion systems and other internal hardware. Finally, the structures are assembled, and the four RS-25 engines are added to form the entire core stage. During launch, the RS-25s produce more than 2 million lbs. of thrust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The core stage for Artemis I was delivered to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida where it was prepared for the first integrated flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft. SLS provided the power to send the un-crewed Orion spacecraft 280,000 miles beyond the Earth, farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown. At Michoud, teams are constructing the core stages for three more SLS rockets, including Artemis II and Artemis III, the first mission that will send astronauts to lunar orbit and back to the moon. Michoud\u2019s large manufacturing space, along with advanced tooling and equipment, has enabled construction of the first hardware for the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS), a more powerful upper stage that will be used with the evolved Block I B configuration of the SLS rocket. The EUS will provide the power to send larger and heavier payloads to the Moon and Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maf_20210827_orion_artiii-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maf_20210827_orion_artiii-crop.jpg?w=1680\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Orion assembled at MAF\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maf_20210827_orion_artiii-crop.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maf_20210827_orion_artiii-crop.jpg?resize=300,234 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maf_20210827_orion_artiii-crop.jpg?resize=768,600 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maf_20210827_orion_artiii-crop.jpg?resize=1024,800 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maf_20210827_orion_artiii-crop.jpg?resize=1536,1200 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maf_20210827_orion_artiii-crop.jpg?resize=400,313 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maf_20210827_orion_artiii-crop.jpg?resize=600,469 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maf_20210827_orion_artiii-crop.jpg?resize=900,703 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maf_20210827_orion_artiii-crop.jpg?resize=1200,938 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Orion\u2019s large structures and composites are being manufactured at Michoud by prime contractor Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Maryland. These structures include the Orion crew module pressure vessel and its underlying framework, designed to ensure a sealed life support environment. Fabrication and development of the launch abort system is also underway at Michoud by Lockheed Martin. This system is positioned on a tower atop the crew module and can activate within milliseconds to propel the vehicle to safety and position the crew module for a safe landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"America's Rocket Factory: NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZ8GpiO8t78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To help realize these next-generation spacecrafts, Michoud is building on its long legacy of successful fabrication and manufacturing of large, complex hardware for NASA flight programs. During the Apollo Program in the 1960s, workers at Michoud built the first stages of the Saturn IB and Saturn V rockets, which took America\u2019s astronauts first to low-Earth orbit and then on to the Moon. In the decades after Apollo, Michoud was home to manufacturing of the 15-story-tall external tanks, the largest space shuttle elements, which carried the fuel for 135 shuttle flights from 1981-2011. Experience and expertise gained while building the Saturn stages and the space shuttle external tanks benefit SLS core stage development and manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"agriculture\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">History<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Building Future in Space<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, located in eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, is an 832 acre site that is a government-owned, contractor-operated component of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">The facility was acquired by NASA in 1961 at the recommendation of Dr. Wernher von Braun and his rocket team in Huntsville Alabama. The cavernous plant served as the assembly facility for the Saturn launch vehicles and the external tank (ET) used for the Space Shuttle Program. French transplant Antoine Michoud, the son of Napoleon’s Administrator of Domains, moved to the city in 1827 acquired the land . Michoud operated a sugar cane plantation and refinery on the site until his death in 1863.  Two brick smokestacks from the original refinery still stand before the Michoud facility today.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn More <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Building Future in Space<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); 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