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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NASA field center network hasComponent NASA Michoud Assembly Facility