{"id":767844,"date":"2023-10-04T16:51:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T20:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=767844"},"modified":"2023-10-04T16:51:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T20:51:36","slug":"ceremony-marks-opening-of-nasa-educational-display-at-new-orleans-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=767844","title":{"rendered":"Ceremony Marks Opening of NASA Educational Display at New Orleans Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\">\n<div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\">\n<p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">1 min read<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">Ceremony Marks Opening of NASA Educational Display at New Orleans Airport<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Representatives from NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility joined elected officials and other community leaders for a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the opening of a NASA educational display Sept. 26 at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/msy-nasa-display-ribbon-cutting-photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"From left, New Orleans Airport Director Kevin Dolliole, New Orleans Director of Economic Development Jeff Schwartz, Space Launch System Stages Element Office Resident Management Office Manager Gregg Eldridge, Congressman Carter&#x2019;s District Director Demetric Mercadel, Michoud Director Lonnie Dutreix, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Judge Michael Bagneris, New Orleans &amp; Co. Executive Vice-President Alice Glenn, New Orleans Business Alliance Interim President Louis David, and GNO Inc. Senior Vice-President of Business Development Josh Fleig cut the ribbon at the NASA educational display ribbon-cutting ceremony at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans.\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">From left,  New Orleans Airport Director Kevin Dolliole, New Orleans Director of Economic Development Jeff Schwartz, Space Launch System Stages Element Office Resident Management Office Manager Gregg Eldridge, Congressman Carter\u2019s District Director Demetric Mercadel, Michoud Director Lonnie Dutreix, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Judge Michael Bagneris, New Orleans &amp; Co. Executive Vice-President Alice Glenn, New Orleans Business Alliance Interim President Louis David, and GNO Inc. Senior Vice-President of Business Development Josh Fleig cut the ribbon at the NASA educational display ribbon-cutting ceremony at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Michael DeMocker<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The exhibit is a collaboration between NASA, the city of New Orleans, and regional economic development organizations to educate visitors on the role Michoud has played in the production of manned spacecraft and Michoud\u2019s impact on economic development for the region. The exhibit is located near the airport\u2019s baggage claim on the first floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michoud serves as America\u2019s \u201crocket factory,\u201d manufacturing and assembling NASA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/exploration\/systems\/sls\/fs\/sls.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SLS<\/a>\u00a0(Space Launch System) core stages and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/exploration\/systems\/sls\/multimedia\/rocket-to-the-moon-what-is-the-exploration-upper-stage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Exploration Upper Stage<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/exploration\/systems\/orion\/about\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orion<\/a>\u00a0crew module. Michoud is managed by NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/ceremony-marks-opening-of-nasa-educational-display-at-new-orleans-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ceremony Marks Opening of NASA Educational Display at New Orleans Airport<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: NASA Breaking News&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 min read Ceremony Marks Opening of NASA Educational Display at New Orleans Airport Representatives from NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility joined elected officials and other community leaders for a ribbon-cutting&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":767845,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-767844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-NASA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=767844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/767845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=767844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=767844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=767844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}