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NASA officials debut a new machine in New Orleans

by Walter Pierce

NASA officials are holding a ribbon cutting ceremony for a major new component in the construction of heavy-lift rockets for the nation's space program

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - NASA officials are holding a ribbon cutting ceremony for a major new component in the construction of heavy-lift rockets for the nation's space program

It's called a vertical weld center -- a multi-story machine used to construct the new rockets.

Friday's ceremony at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans also gives NASA and Boeing officials an opportunity to give the public an update on the construction program at the facility.