Boeing Expands Michoud And Kennedy Workforces To Boost SLS Production

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With an eye toward building two Space Launch System rockets per year, NASA prime contractor Boeing is shifting engine integration work to Florida and setting up a new production area at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to manufacture the vehicle’s upgraded upper-stage engine. The...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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