MICHOUD, La.—The scope of NASA’s Space Launch System is unlike anything the organization has taken on before, and that’s not only true of its deep space aspirations. Size is a factor, too. In terms of ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA officials are holding a ribbon cutting ceremony for a major new component in the construction of heavy-lift rockets for the nation's space program.It's called a vertical weld center -- 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 ...