When it comes to tools to build spacecraft, NASA likes to think big, as the recent unveiling of the world's largest rocket-constructing welding tool amply demonstrates. The Vertical Assembly Center is ...
The Vertical Assembly Facility at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans. WASHINGTON — Boeing Space Exploration of Houston is about three months behind schedule on a giant welding tool to ...
NASA and Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing recently resumed welding elements for the launch vehicle’s first flight after a technical issue suspended welding last year. A ...
NASA completed manufacturing of a hydrogen tank barrel that will be tested as a weld confidence article for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s Exploration Upper Stage (EUS). Weld confidence ...
The largest spacecraft welding tool in the world, the Vertical Assembly Center officially is open for business at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The 170-foot-tall, 78-foot-wide giant ...