Date of Event: 03/19/2024
Location: NASA Michoud Assembly Facility, 13800 Old Gentilly Rd, New Orleans, LA 70129
Number of Attendees: 20
Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Tour Guide – Jeremy Larson, Planning and Scheduling Manager with the Boeing Company.
Special Guest – Mr. Michael A Krupnicki, AWS National President
Event Summary: Mr. Jeremy Larson with the Boeing Company arranged a plant tour of the Boeing operations located within the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. Participants were provided with an informative experience by seeing the many steps involved in the process of assembling the vessels and connecting equipment required to build the fuel storage and delivery systems of the worlds largest rocket stage. The AWS New Orleans Section would like to thank The Boeing Company and all those involved in making the arrangements for the Members of the AWS New Orleans Section to participate in the plant tour, as well as the Boeing Workers employed at the Michoud Facility, for their everyday contributions in supporting a safe and viable space exploration program. We are honored to have been able to see what you do.
Pictures:
240319_042_1 – Scale model of the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
240319_042_2 – AWS President, Michael Krupnicki, in front of the world’s largest friction-stir process welding apparatus used to join the sections of the largest rocket stage ever built which provides the fuel for the world’s most powerful rocket.
