 The facility will manufacture and assemble the upper stage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle, the core stage and Earth departure stage of the Ares V cargo launch vehicle and the Orion crew exploration vehicle, and conduct final systems integration and checkout of Ares I avionics systems. |
Managed by the Marshall Center, Michoud contains one of the largest production buildings in the nation, which includes a vertical assembly building for stacking external tank components for the Space Shuttle Program. Michoud has been selected by NASA to support several major projects for the Constellation Program, which is developing NASA's next-generation of crew exploration and launch vehicles.
The facility will manufacture and assemble the upper stage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle, the core stage and Earth departure stage of the Ares V cargo launch vehicle and the Orion crew exploration vehicle, and conduct final systems integration and checkout of Ares I avionics systems.
The new facility will include some 350 administrative and business offices; education and training resources; a top-level conference center; and collaborative research and development space for NASA and Michoud's key partner organizations.
The new building is scheduled to open in December 2010.
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