Michoud

NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility to partially reopen
NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans will partially reopen May 18, allowing some mission-critical personnel to resume working there for the first time in two months.

Coronavirus pandemic to halt SLS testing
NASA has elevated two centers to the highest level of its pandemic response plan, halting preparations for a major test of the Space Launch System.

NASA investigating damaged SLS tank section
NASA and Boeing are investigating a recent mishap at the Michoud Assembly Facility that damaged a portion of a liquid oxygen tank being developed for the Space Launch System.

NASA’s Michoud facility damaged by tornado
NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans suffered damage from a tornado that hit the city Feb. 7, but the agency said no critical space hardware being built there was damaged by the storm.

Lockheed Must Relinquish Michoud Operations Contract in 2008
Wary of a potential conflict of interest, NASA intends to replace Lockheed Martin Space Systems as the primary support contractor at its Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans by 2008, according to agency officials. Wary of a potential conflict of interest, NASA intends to replace Lockheed Martin Space Systems as the primary support contractor at its Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans by 2008, according to agency officials.