Fact-Finding Visit August 28, 2003 Michoud Assembly Facility New Orleans, Louisiana NASA Resident Manager Steve Brettel briefs members of the Return to Flight Task Group’s Technical Panel during an Aug. 28, 2003 fact-finding visit to the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the return-to-flight recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s Michoud Operations builds the External Tank for NASA. View Larger Photo Members of the Return to Flight Task Group’s Technical Panel inspect a Space Shuttle External Tank during a fact-finding visit to the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Aug. 28, 2003. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s Michoud Operations builds the External Tank for NASA. The task group is chartered to make an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the return-to-flight recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. View Larger Photo Back to Multimedia Privacy | Disclaimer | Accessibility