Michoud Assembly Facility
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The Michoud Assembly Facility is a NASA-owned manufacturing complex in New Orleans best known for producing major rocket components, including the Space Shuttle’s external fuel tanks and elements of the Space Launch System.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michoud Assembly Facility canonical | 4 |
| Michoud | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7722412 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michoud Assembly Facility Context triple: [External Tank, manufacturedAt, Michoud Assembly Facility]
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A.
CERN accelerator complex
The CERN accelerator complex is a network of interconnected particle accelerators and beamlines near Geneva that produce and prepare high-energy particle beams for experiments such as those at the Large Hadron Collider.
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B.
CEA Marcoule
CEA Marcoule is a major French nuclear research and industrial site focused on nuclear energy technologies, fuel cycle activities, and radioactive waste management.
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CEA Cadarache
CEA Cadarache is one of Europe’s largest nuclear research centers, specializing in nuclear energy, fusion, and related energy technologies.
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CERN control centre
The CERN Control Centre is the central facility from which scientists and engineers operate and monitor CERN’s particle accelerators and associated experiments.
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E.
CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site
The CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site is one of CERN’s main campuses on the French–Swiss border, hosting key accelerator and experimental facilities in the laboratory’s particle physics complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michoud Assembly Facility Target entity description: The Michoud Assembly Facility is a NASA-owned manufacturing complex in New Orleans best known for producing major rocket components, including the Space Shuttle’s external fuel tanks and elements of the Space Launch System.
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A.
CERN accelerator complex
The CERN accelerator complex is a network of interconnected particle accelerators and beamlines near Geneva that produce and prepare high-energy particle beams for experiments such as those at the Large Hadron Collider.
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B.
CEA Marcoule
CEA Marcoule is a major French nuclear research and industrial site focused on nuclear energy technologies, fuel cycle activities, and radioactive waste management.
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C.
CEA Cadarache
CEA Cadarache is one of Europe’s largest nuclear research centers, specializing in nuclear energy, fusion, and related energy technologies.
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D.
CERN control centre
The CERN Control Centre is the central facility from which scientists and engineers operate and monitor CERN’s particle accelerators and associated experiments.
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E.
CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site
The CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site is one of CERN’s main campuses on the French–Swiss border, hosting key accelerator and experimental facilities in the laboratory’s particle physics complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA facility
ⓘ
manufacturing complex ⓘ |
| affiliation |
NASA Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ
linked to:
Marshall Space Flight Center
|
| area | approximately 832 acres ⓘ |
| builtFor | war materiel production during World War II ⓘ |
| city | New Orleans ⓘ |
| convertedTo | NASA space hardware manufacturing facility ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| floorArea | over 3,000,000 square feet ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
barge dock facilities
ⓘ
deep-water access via the Intracoastal Waterway ⓘ large high-bay manufacturing buildings ⓘ rail access ⓘ runway access ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
Cold War aerospace manufacturing site
ⓘ
World War II production plant ⓘ |
| knownFor |
manufacturing Apollo spacecraft hardware
ⓘ
manufacturing Orion spacecraft components ⓘ manufacturing Saturn I rocket stages ⓘ manufacturing Saturn IB rocket stages ⓘ manufacturing Saturn V first stages ⓘ manufacturing Space Launch System core stages ⓘ manufacturing Space Shuttle external fuel tanks ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Orleans East
ⓘ
linked to:
New Orleans East Bank
Orleans Parish ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antoine Michoud ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Orion pressure vessel components
ⓘ
Saturn I first stage ⓘ
linked to:
Saturn I
Saturn IB first stage ⓘ
linked to:
Saturn IB
Saturn V S-IC first stage ⓘ
linked to:
Saturn V first stage (S-IC)
Space Launch System core stage ⓘ
linked to:
SLS core stage
Space Shuttle external tank ⓘ
linked to:
External Tank
|
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| owner | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Marshall Space Flight Center
|
| risk | vulnerability to hurricanes and storm surge ⓘ |
| state | Louisiana ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Marshall Space Flight Center
U.S. government contractors ⓘ commercial aerospace companies ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Apollo program
ⓘ
Orion program ⓘ Space Launch System program ⓘ
linked to:
Space Launch System
Space Shuttle program ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| usedFor |
large-scale aerospace fabrication
ⓘ
rocket stage manufacturing ⓘ spacecraft assembly ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michoud Assembly Facility Description of subject: The Michoud Assembly Facility is a NASA-owned manufacturing complex in New Orleans best known for producing major rocket components, including the Space Shuttle’s external fuel tanks and elements of the Space Launch System.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Michoud Assembly Facility