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2 unusual facts about Michoud Assembly Facility


Michoud Assembly Facility

The Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) is an 832-acre (3.4-kmĀ²) site owned by NASA in New Orleans East, a district within New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States.

TACA Airlines

The plane landed without further damage on a grass levee at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility.


MV Freedom Star

As well as recovering the Space Shuttle SRB's Freedom Star has since 1998 been used to tow the Space Shuttle external fuel tanks from their assembly plant at Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

MV Liberty Star

As well as recovering the Space Shuttle SRB's Liberty Star has since 1998 been used to tow the Space Shuttle external fuel tanks from their assembly plant at Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA recovery ship

Starting in 1998, the ships began making use of their downtime between Shuttle launches by towing the Space Shuttle external fuel tanks from their assembly plant at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.


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