NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
E375007
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NASA Michoud Assembly Facility canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA facility
ⓘ
manufacturing complex ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
ⓘ
surface form:
Intracoastal Waterway
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerlyUsedFor | agricultural plantation ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName | Michoud Assembly Facility ⓘ |
| hasCity | New Orleans ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
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 Assembly Facility
ⓘ
surface form:
Michoud
|
| location |
Louisiana
ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter | Antoine Michoud ⓘ |
| openedAsNASAFacility | 1961 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| ownedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Marshall Space Flight Center
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
|
| producedComponentFor |
Orion spacecraft
ⓘ
surface form:
Orion pressure vessel
Saturn I ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn I first stage
Saturn IB ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn IB first stage
Saturn V first stage (S-IC) ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn V first stage
SLS core stage ⓘ
surface form:
Space Launch System core stage
External Tank ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle external tank
|
| usedBy |
NASA contractors
ⓘ
aerospace companies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
large spaceflight hardware production
ⓘ
rocket stage manufacturing ⓘ spacecraft manufacturing ⓘ |
| usedForProgram |
Apollo program
ⓘ
Orion program ⓘ
surface form:
Orion spacecraft program
Space Launch System ⓘ
surface form:
Space Launch System program
NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.