Declining Michoud Workforce Bids Farewell To Resilient Shuttle Tank

The external fuel tank assigned to the last scheduled shuttle mission set sail for Kennedy Space Center from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans by barge late Sept. 21, leaving behind a rapidly dwindling Lockheed Martin workforce. Sporting a battle-scarred jacket of orange insulating...

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