Welding completed on the largest piece of the core stage that will provide the fuel for the first flight of NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, with the Orion spacecraft. Vertical Assembly Center at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Standing more than 130 feet tall, the liquid hydrogen tank is the largest cryogenic fuel tank for a rocket in the world. The liquid hydrogen tank and liquid oxygen tank are part of the core stage that will stand at more than 200ft tall. A unique version of an original NASA image. Credit: NASA/SSeipel

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Location: USA, Louisiana, New Orleans, Michoud Assembly Facility
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