National Manufacturing Day on the first Friday in October celebrates those who proudly stand behind our goods and services in America. In the United States, we continue to develop products and unlock new technologies growing our economy. Manufacturing businesses create jobs through entrepreneurship, and their competitiveness revitalizes American manufacturing. Learn more.
Watch the video about the massive Artemis 2 Rocket that NASA assembled, using LSU NCAM equipment, to take humans back to the Moon.
The National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM), located at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, is home to the partnership between NASA, the State of Louisiana, Louisiana State University, the University of New Orleans (UNO) and the UNO Research and Technology Foundation.
NCAM, originally formed in 1999, is a state of the art research and production center focused on applying advanced manufacturing technologies to lightweight composite and metallic materials in support of the NASA space program and adjacent industries.
NCAM also has a strong educational role, sponsoring a coalition of Louisiana research universities, workforce development programs and STEM outreach initiatives.
At NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, engineers are building hardware for Exploration Mission-1--the first integrated flight of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft.
Our newest mission to Mars is on its way, Vice President Pence visits our Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and observing our planet’s ever-changing water cycle – a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
