At NASA's Rocket Factory, the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, engineers are building hardware for Exploration Mission-1 -- the first integrated flight of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft. They are manufacturing and assembling the rocket's 212-foot core stage, as well as building Orion pressure vessels that hold the crew. Together, SLS and Orion will enable a new era of exploration beyond Earth's orbit, launching astronauts on deep-space exploration missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Credit: NASA #nasa #michoud #maf #rockets #engineering #building #sls #orion #deepspace #exploration #videogram #rocket