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Brasfield & Gorrie
Brasfield & Gorrie

Aerospace and Aviation

Marshall Space Flight Center, AL

NASA Space Launch System Test Stands

CS LH2 STA is in the MSFC Test Stand 1/15/2019 - the Core Stage LH2 STA was successfully lifted and installed into the test stand. It was a little cold but so worth it. It was spectacular! A huge thanks to the MSFC transportation crew, Engineering test lab, GSE team and Stages NASA and Boeing team for another flawless event. We are in the process of securing 192 bolts attaching the lift ring to the stand. Some time on Tuesday day shift we should be completely torqued. Julie Bassler SLS Stages Element Manager MSFC, AL 256-544-1430 NASA recently loaded a liquid hydrogen test tank for America’s new deep space rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), into test stands at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. The SLS is the most powerful rocket ever built! The tank will hold more than 500,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and, when combined with liquid oxygen, the fuels produce a powerful combustion thrust to launch the SLS into our solar system. We completed construction of the test stands used for this test in 2016.
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The launch of Artemis I in 2016 was the first in a series of complex space missions focused on robotic explorations of the moon and Mars—and Brasfield & Gorrie played a key role in the event. This award-winning project involved construction of two large steel stands at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for testing the fuel tanks and other key hardware for NASA’s new Space Launch System.

Client

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Project Stats

7,216 cubic yards of concrete foundations
4,537 tons of structural steel

Recognition

National ABC Excellence in Construction Award
ABC Alabama Excellence in Construction Award
ABC North Alabama Excellence in Construction Award
Business Alabama Project of the Year
ENR Best of the Best
ENR Southeast Regional Best Projects- Government/Public Buildings
US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District Quarterly Celebrate Safety Award

"Despite the extreme complexity of the project, the Brasfield & Gorrie project management team performed very well to overcome numerous impacts that could have resulted in a failed project. "

USACE Contracting Officer

Nasa

“Your implementation of the program has been determined to be outstanding… your efforts appear to be very aggressive in complying with both the letter and the spirit of the Small Business Program.” [Speaking about Brasfield & Gorrie’s small business subcontracting on the NASA SLS Test Stand.]

USACE Chief, Small Business Office

NASA