Orion EM1 Cone and frwd Bulkhead Section

Orion EM1 Cone and frwd Bulkhead Section

Orion EM1 Cone and frwd Bulkhead Section

Orion EM1 Cone and frwd Bulkhead Section

Orion EM1 plug welds in PV2 and PV3

Orion EM1 plug welds in PV2 and PV3

Orion EM1 plug welds in PV2 and PV3

Orion EM1 plug welds in PV2 and PV3

Orion EM1 plug welds in PV2 and PV3

Orion EM1 plug welds in PV2 and PV3

Orion EM1 plug welds in PV2 and PV3

Orion EM1 plug welds in PV2 and PV3

NASA leadership marked the accomplishments of the team at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where technicians recently completed welding together the pressure vessel for the Orion spacecraft and continue to manufacture the core stage of the Space Launch System rocket.

The Lockheed Martin team completes the final weld of the cone section of the Artemis I Orion crew module pressure vessel at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Nov. 13, 2015. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

The Lockheed Martin team completes the final weld of the cone section of the Artemis I Orion crew module pressure vessel at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Nov. 13, 2015. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Lockheed Martin team completes the final weld of the cone section of the Artemis I Orion crew module pressure vessel at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Nov. 16, 2015. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

The Lockheed Martin team completes the final weld of the cone section of the Artemis I Orion crew module pressure vessel at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Nov. 13, 2015. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Lockheed Martin team in ompletes the final weld of the cone section of the Artemis I Orion crew module pressure vessel at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Nov. 16, 2015. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

The Orion team at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans poses with the Artemis I crew module pressure vessel on Jan. 27, 2016. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Lockheed Martin engineers at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, prepare elements of the Orion pressure vessel for welding on Sept. 23, 2015. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Lockheed Martin engineers at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, prepare elements of the Orion pressure vessel for welding on Sept. 23, 2015. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Lockheed Martin engineers at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, prepare elements of the Orion pressure vessel for welding on Sept. 23, 2015. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Lockheed Martin engineers at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, prepare elements of the Orion pressure vessel for welding on Sept. 23, 2015. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.