NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
E375007
NASA Michoud Assembly Facility is a major NASA manufacturing complex in New Orleans best known for producing large spaceflight hardware such as Saturn V stages, Space Shuttle external tanks, and components for the Space Launch System.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NASA Michoud Assembly Facility canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3630655 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: NASA Michoud Assembly Facility Context triple: [NASA field center network, hasComponent, NASA Michoud Assembly Facility]
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A.
Stennis Space Center
Stennis Space Center is NASA’s primary rocket engine testing facility, located in southern Mississippi and crucial to the development and certification of propulsion systems for U.S. space missions.
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B.
Glenn Research Center
Glenn Research Center is a major NASA research facility in Ohio specializing in aeronautics and space propulsion technologies.
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C.
Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center
The Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center is NASA’s primary facility at the Goddard Space Flight Center for monitoring, commanding, and managing the operations of numerous Earth-orbiting and deep-space spacecraft.
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D.
Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Flight Facility is a NASA rocket launch and research center on Virginia’s Eastern Shore that supports suborbital and orbital missions, aeronautics testing, and Earth science operations.
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E.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a leading NASA research and development center specializing in robotic space exploration, planetary science missions, and deep-space communications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: NASA Michoud Assembly Facility Target entity description: NASA Michoud Assembly Facility is a major NASA manufacturing complex in New Orleans best known for producing large spaceflight hardware such as Saturn V stages, Space Shuttle external tanks, and components for the Space Launch System.
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A.
Stennis Space Center
Stennis Space Center is NASA’s primary rocket engine testing facility, located in southern Mississippi and crucial to the development and certification of propulsion systems for U.S. space missions.
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B.
Glenn Research Center
Glenn Research Center is a major NASA research facility in Ohio specializing in aeronautics and space propulsion technologies.
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C.
Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center
The Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center is NASA’s primary facility at the Goddard Space Flight Center for monitoring, commanding, and managing the operations of numerous Earth-orbiting and deep-space spacecraft.
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D.
Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Flight Facility is a NASA rocket launch and research center on Virginia’s Eastern Shore that supports suborbital and orbital missions, aeronautics testing, and Earth science operations.
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E.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a leading NASA research and development center specializing in robotic space exploration, planetary science missions, and deep-space communications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA facility
ⓘ
manufacturing complex ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
ⓘ
surface form:
Intracoastal Waterway
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerlyUsedFor | agricultural plantation ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName | Michoud Assembly Facility ⓘ |
| hasCity | New Orleans ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasFacility |
Vertical Assembly Building
ⓘ
large manufacturing bays ⓘ test facilities ⓘ welding facilities ⓘ |
| hasFloorArea | approximately 43 acres under one roof ⓘ |
| hasSiteArea | approximately 832 acres ⓘ |
| hasState | Louisiana ⓘ |
| hasTransportationAccess |
deep-water barge access
ⓘ
highway access ⓘ rail access ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large-scale welding of rocket structures
ⓘ
production of Saturn V stages ⓘ production of Space Launch System core stages ⓘ production of Space Launch System hardware ⓘ production of Space Shuttle external tanks ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | New Orleans metropolitan area ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood |
Michoud Assembly Facility
ⓘ
surface form:
Michoud
|
| location |
Louisiana
ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter | Antoine Michoud ⓘ |
| openedAsNASAFacility | 1961 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| ownedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Marshall Space Flight Center
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
|
| producedComponentFor |
Orion spacecraft
ⓘ
surface form:
Orion pressure vessel
Saturn I ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn I first stage
Saturn IB ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn IB first stage
Saturn V first stage (S-IC) ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn V first stage
SLS core stage ⓘ
surface form:
Space Launch System core stage
External Tank ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle external tank
|
| usedBy |
NASA contractors
ⓘ
aerospace companies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
large spaceflight hardware production
ⓘ
rocket stage manufacturing ⓘ spacecraft manufacturing ⓘ |
| usedForProgram |
Apollo program
ⓘ
Orion program ⓘ
surface form:
Orion spacecraft program
Space Launch System ⓘ
surface form:
Space Launch System program
NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
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Subject: NASA Michoud Assembly Facility Description of subject: NASA Michoud Assembly Facility is a major NASA manufacturing complex in New Orleans best known for producing large spaceflight hardware such as Saturn V stages, Space Shuttle external tanks, and components for the Space Launch System.
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