The Core Stage-3 engine section in the Floor Assembly Jig at MAF on July 20. Credit: Philip Sloss for NSF.

This structure, called the Outer Barrel Assembly, will surround and protect NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from stray light that could interfere with its observations. In this photo ...

N ASA has just given a massive thumbs-up to the Roman Space Telescope by completing vibration testing on its core assembly. This test simulated the intense shaking of a rocket launch and subjected ...

Technicians at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., recently integrated the deployable aperture cover to the outer barrel assembly for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space ...

Moon mission patch beamed onto rocket assembly building: Space photo of the day. Robert Z. Pearlman. Mon, April 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM UTC. 2 min read.

Known as “America’s Rocket Factory,” the NASA-owned Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans East has long been a launching pad for space exploration.