As one of 20 creators invited by nasa to New Orleans, I witnessed the nasaartemis III core stage rollout and met a real life hero, astro_ayers 🚀 Still doesn’t feel real 🤯 At Michoud Assembly Facility, aka America’s Rocket Factory 🏭 • 43 acres of manufacturing ~ 5,000 workers 👷🏻 • Core stage: 188K pounds ~ 210K fully stacked 🏋🏼‍♂️ • 322 feet tall ~ larger than the Statue of Liberty 🗽 • 2.5 years to build ~ pushing towards one year 🗓️ At Stennis Space Center, largest rocket test site in 🇺🇸 • RS-25 engines hit Mach 13 (LA to NYC in 15 mins) 💨 Many thanks to Danny Nowlin for capturing BTS 📸 NASA Social made us friendship bracelets, a beautiful human touch 🫶🏻 Grateful to dreamstodiscover and rocketingrai from nasa_marshall for running point and an unforgettable experience 🙏🏻 #nasa #artemisiii #nasasocial #neworleans #bigeasy