The Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), located in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a NASA-owned manufacturing facility managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Known as "America's Rocket Factory," MAF is the nation's primary site for manufacturing and assembling large-scale space structures and systems. Currently, it focuses on producing the core stages for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and has been involved in manufacturing components for past programs like Apollo and the Space Shuttle. Key partners include Boeing and Lockheed Martin, and its products support NASA's Artemis program for lunar and deep-space exploration.
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On July 22, 2026, L3Harris Technologies completed and shipped four modified RS-25 main engines to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
Boeing and NASA technicians will begin mechanical installation and alignment of the four RS-25 engines on the 212-foot-tall Space Launch System core stage engine section at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility.
Vivace Corporation began active production of Starlab’s primary structure at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility by February 2026.
NASA rolled out the Space Launch System core stage for Artemis III from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on April 20.
The Space Launch System core stage cycle at Michoud Assembly Facility runs 12 to 18 months.
Semi-annual crewed lunar landing cadence would require a twofold to threefold throughput increase at Michoud Assembly Facility.
Boeing Space transferred the top four-fifths of the Artemis III Space Launch System core stage from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility to the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility produces the main elements of the Space Launch System core stage.
NASA moved the Space Launch System core stage planned for the crewed Artemis III mission in 2027 from Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to the Pegasus barge for transport to Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Artemis III SLS core stage will travel to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center after rollout from Michoud Assembly Facility.
NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility is preparing to roll out the top four-fifths of the Artemis III SLS core stage on April 20, 2026.
Boeing built the 212-foot-tall Space Launch System core stage at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
Boeing manufactures the Space Launch System core stage at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility using suppliers in more than 38 states.
The SLS core stage is built at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
The exploration upper stage structure is being built by Boeing at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
Boeing's Michoud Assembly Facility employs thousands of people dedicated to the Space Launch System.
NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility manufactured the core stage of the Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis II mission.
Vivace intends to use NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to complete the project.
Vivace Corporation is an aerospace manufacturer based in NASA’s Michoud assembly facility near New Orleans, Louisiana.
Under the new assembly model beginning with Artemis III, all major SLS core stage structures will be fully produced and manufactured at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.