# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BapPIcjF235
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15344772-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-10-24T20:33:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

In one of the initial assembly steps for the first stage (S-IB stage) of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, workers at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) near New Orleans, Louisiana, position a "Spider Beam" to the central liquid-oxygen tank of the S-IB stage. Developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and built by the Chrysler Corporation at MAF, the S-IB stage utilized eight H-1 engines to produce a combined thrust of 1,600,000 pounds. Major components of America's new deep space rocket, NASA's Space Launch System, are being built today at MAF as well. 
Credit: NASA | c. 1965 
#nasa #history #michoud #maf #neworleans #saturnrocket #sls #blackandwhite

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