Michoud

Major assembly is almost complete on the core stage intertank for the first launch of SLS. This robust structure will connect two massive fuel tanks that form the bulk of the stage. The intertank to be flown on the first integrated flight of the Space Launch System and Orion is...

For the past 6+ years Futuramic Tool and Engineering has been proud to be a Boeing partner in the construction of the Space Launch System (SLS) the most powerful rocket ever built. Futuramic has delivered eight major tools and numerous smaller tools. In addition Futuramic has manufactured some of the...

A team prepares a robot – the yellow machine attached to the liquid hydrogen tank for the Space Launch System rocket — for friction plug welding at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Friction plug welding is a technique developed by engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in...

Macomb Township company helps NASA with mission to Mars Article From The Macomb Daily Originally Posted: May 14, 2016 Long known for auto plants and a thriving blue economy revolving around its lakefront, Macomb County is getting into the next chapter of space exploration. A local firm is building components and...

Macomb Township company helps NASA with mission to Mars. Article From WDIV ClickOnDetroit Originally Posted: March 29, 2016. MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Every day we get closer to a new reality, a reality that has man stepping foot on Mars. Science fiction has painted a wide variety of scenes and expectations, but the human race will eventually know what it’s really like to be on the “Red Planet.”...

Futuramic Tool & Engineering, Co. (Futuramic) welcomed retired U.S. astronaut Col. Charles Precourt, Senator Gary Peters and senior leaders from the aviation and aerospace industries on Friday, May 15, for a facilities tour and discussion on the company’s space program. The day included tours of Futuramic’s Warren and Detroit plants...

Gerstenmaier, NASA’s associate administrator for human exploration and operations, was on hand to tour Michoud facility’s new Vertical Weld Center built by Boeing, Futuramic Tool and Engineering Co.. of Warren, Mich., and PaR Systems of Shoreview, Minn. Article From Space News Originally Posted: June 28, 2013 NEW ORLEANS — Although...

NASA Spaceflight Partner Futuramic Tool and Engineering Co. was commissioned by Boeing to design and build tooling for friction stir welding to assist in the construction of the Space Launch System core stage at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Article From spacefellowship.com Originally Posted: June 21, 2013 A...

In February 2012, Space Launch System Program Manager Todd May shares SLS progress on the core stage with NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Lori Garver during her visit to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The Boeing Company of Huntsville, Ala., is developing the core stage for SLS. NASA Spaceflight...