{"id":128197,"date":"2023-01-05T11:56:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T16:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?page_id=128197"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:57:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:57:54","slug":"michoud-history","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/michoud-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Michoud History"},"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<div class=\"hds-page-intro hds-page-intro-banner width-full maxw-full padding-0 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHistory of Michoud Assembly Facility \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNASA’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). The facility was acquired by NASA in 1961 at the recommendation of Dr. Wernher von Braun and his rocket team in Huntsville Alabama.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); 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\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg 2403w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=300,186 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=768,476 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=1024,635 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=1536,952 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=2048,1269 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=400,248 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=600,372 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=900,558 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=1200,744 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=2000,1239 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The original tract of land was part of a 34,500 acre French Royal land grant to local merchant, Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent in 1763. Later, the land was acquired by French transplant Antoine Michoud, the son of Napoleon’s Administrator of Domains, who moved to the city in 1827. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michoud operated a sugar cane plantation and refinery on the site until his death in 1863. His heirs continued operating the refinery and kept the original St. Maxent estate intact into the 20th century. Two brick smokestacks from the original refinery still stand before the Michoud facility today <\/p>\n\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_top_0701934_orig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_top_0701934_orig.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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_top_0701934_orig.jpg 2403w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_top_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=300,179 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_top_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=768,458 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_top_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=1024,611 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_top_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=1536,916 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_top_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=2048,1221 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_top_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=400,239 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_top_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=600,358 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_top_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=900,537 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_top_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=1200,716 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MAF_top_0701934_orig.jpg?resize=2000,1193 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The U.S. government purchased the land in 1940 and built a production facility to manufacture cargo aircraft, tank engines and more. NASA acquired the facility in 1961. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the space race with the Russians heating up, the National Aeronautics & Space Administration took over the facility (Then called the Michoud Ordinance Plant) for design & assembly of large space vehicles. The plant was assigned to Chrysler and Boeing to set up production for the first stages of Saturn I and Saturn V. NASA manufactured the first stage of the Saturn I and the first stage of the Saturn V vehicles there, but there was not room to also manufacture the second stage of the Saturn V in this plant. Water access played a role in all site selections for new Apollo facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1965, the MSFC Michoud Operations name officially changed to Michoud Assembly Facility. Construction of the Saturn S1B and S1C boosters continued at the Michoud facility until the early 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michoud Assembly Facility worked on the External Tank for the Space Shuttle Program from the 1980s through 2000s.  <\/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\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Three External Tanks from the Space Shuttle programs at the Michoud Assembly Facility. The giant cylinder, higher than a 15-story building, with a length of 154-feet (47-meters) and a diameter of 27.5-feet (8.4-meters), is the largest single piece of the Space Shuttle. \" 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\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg?resize=300,239 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg?resize=768,611 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg?resize=1024,814 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg?resize=1536,1221 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg?resize=2048,1628 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg?resize=400,318 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg?resize=600,477 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg?resize=900,716 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg?resize=1200,954 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8336102_orig.jpeg?resize=2000,1590 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Light Weight External Tank 5,6,& 7 in Final Assembly, FIG.\n139B-(MIX FILE)<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Situated on 829 acres of land, the Michoud Assembly Facility features more than 2 million square feet of manufacturing space, and more than 300 acres of green space for expansion. The site includes numerous open, high-bay areas, an extensive overhead crane network and the 45,000-square-foot Vertical Assembly Center, the world\u2019s largest robotic tool for building rockets, for the integration and stacking of large-scale structures. Its list of state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities includes friction stir welding, non-destructive evaluation, high-gantry machining centers, 40,000-square-foot machine shop, build to print part\/component fabrication, component processing facility and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility also has interstate highway access, and a port on the Intracoastal Waterway connecting Michoud to the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico for transportation of manufactured space hardware. NASA\u2019s barge Pegasus, maintained at Michoud, has been modified to transport large SLS elements such as the core stage\u2014the largest piece of hardware NASA has ever moved by barge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having previously served both the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs, the facility has adapted to support all NASA\u2019s human space flight missions. Today, Michoud is manufacturing and assembling the core stages for NASA\u2019s Space Launch System (SLS) \u2013 the world\u2019s most powerful rocket that will send the Orion spacecraft, astronauts, and supplies on bold explorations to the moon and beyond, the Orion spacecraft\u2019s pressure vessel and launch abort system, and preparing to begin production on SLS\u2019s block 1B configuration Exploration Upper Stage.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-card-carousel padding-x-4 padding-y-5 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-card-carousel\">\t<div class=\"hds-card-carousel-header grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-heading-sm line-height-sm\">History of Michoud<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary link-external-false\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1 \" >\n\t\t\t\tExplore                \t\t\t<\/span>\n\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<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"hds-card-carousel-cards grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-cards-included position-relative  hds-card-type-custom hds-card-type-custom hds-card-type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-carousel-slider\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 \"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6870792orig.jpeg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); 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\/6870792orig.jpeg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6870792orig.jpeg?resize=300,232 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6870792orig.jpeg?resize=768,594 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6870792orig.jpeg?resize=1024,792 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6870792orig.jpeg?resize=1536,1188 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6870792orig.jpeg?resize=2048,1584 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6870792orig.jpeg?resize=400,309 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6870792orig.jpeg?resize=600,464 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6870792orig.jpeg?resize=900,696 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6870792orig.jpeg?resize=1200,928 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6870792orig.jpeg?resize=2000,1547 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">Apollo Program<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">Apollo program resulted in a total of 11 spaceflights and American astronauts walking on the moon.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; 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