NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

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NASA Michoud Assembly Facility is a major NASA manufacturing complex in New Orleans best known for producing large spaceflight hardware such as Saturn V stages, Space Shuttle external tanks, and components for the Space Launch System.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA facility ⓘ
manufacturing complex ⓘ
adjacentTo Intracoastal Waterway ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
formerlyUsedFor agricultural plantation ⓘ
hasAlternateName Michoud Assembly Facility ⓘ
hasCity New Orleans ⓘ
hasCountry United States ⓘ
hasFacility Vertical Assembly Building ⓘ
large manufacturing bays ⓘ
test facilities ⓘ
welding facilities ⓘ
hasFloorArea approximately 43 acres under one roof ⓘ
hasSiteArea approximately 832 acres ⓘ
hasState Louisiana ⓘ
hasTransportationAccess deep-water barge access ⓘ
highway access ⓘ
rail access ⓘ
knownFor large-scale welding of rocket structures ⓘ
production of Saturn V stages ⓘ
production of Space Launch System core stages ⓘ
production of Space Launch System hardware ⓘ
production of Space Shuttle external tanks ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea New Orleans metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedInNeighborhood Michoud ⓘ
location Louisiana ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
United States ⓘ
namedAfter Antoine Michoud ⓘ
openedAsNASAFacility 1961 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
ownedBy NASA ⓘ
partOf NASA Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ
producedComponentFor Orion pressure vessel ⓘ
linked to: Orion spacecraft

Saturn I first stage ⓘ
linked to: Saturn I

Saturn IB first stage ⓘ
linked to: Saturn IB

Saturn V first stage ⓘ
Space Launch System core stage ⓘ
linked to: SLS core stage

Space Shuttle external tank ⓘ
linked to: External Tank
usedBy NASA contractors ⓘ
aerospace companies ⓘ
usedFor large spaceflight hardware production ⓘ
rocket stage manufacturing ⓘ
spacecraft manufacturing ⓘ
usedForProgram Apollo program ⓘ
Orion spacecraft program ⓘ
linked to: Orion program

Space Launch System program ⓘ
linked to: Space Launch System

Space Shuttle program ⓘ

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