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Tornado strikes NASA’s Michoud plant in New Orleans

February 7, 2017 Stephen Clark

Employees and flight hardware for NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spaceship were mostly spared after a strong tornado struck the agency’s Michoud plant in New Orleans on Tuesday, but crews planned to begin repairs immediately to plug holes in buildings housing parts and tools to build the new mega-rocket.

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  • SpaceX’s most-flown Falcon booster launches on record 33rd flight
    February 21, 2026
  • NASA’s Artemis 2 rocket hit by new problem expected to bump moonshot into early April
    February 21, 2026
  • Falcon 9 launches 25 Starlink satellites after weather delays
    February 20, 2026
  • Moon mission fueling test concludes with no major problems
    February 20, 2026
  • Independent report sharply criticizes NASA management, Boeing for troubled Starliner flight
    February 19, 2026
  • SpaceX launches second Falcon 9 rocket to return to a landing in The Bahamas
    February 19, 2026
  • NASA to attempt second full fueling test of its Space Launch System rocket
    February 17, 2026
  • SpaceX launches predawn Starlink mission on President’s Day
    February 15, 2026
  • Replacement crew docks at space station, boosts crew back to seven
    February 15, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 600th Falcon 9 rocket to date with Starlink flight from Vandenberg
    February 14, 2026
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