Swipe for a breakover breakdown ➡️ On July 12, teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans hoisted a massive liquid oxygen tank into a vertical position in a process called a breakover. Next, technicians will rappel inside the tank to install key hardware — prepping it for NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) core stage, the rocket that will launch astronauts to the Moon aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft during Artemis III. This tank is one of five major segments of the 212-foot-tall (approximately 65 meters) core stage, which, with its four RS-25 engines, generates over 2 million pounds (about 907,000 kilograms) of thrust to send Orion beyond Earth’s orbit. 1: A piece of blue hardware to stabilize the 51-foot-tall liquid oxygen tank moves out from underneath it, while the large tank is suspended horizontally above at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. 2: The liquid oxygen tank, clad in its cream-colored thermal protection system, is hanging at an angle as it ...