For rockets going farther than ever, you need the best and biggest tools

Video shot/edited by Jennifer Hahn (video link)

MICHOUD, La.—The scope of NASA's Space Launch System is unlike anything the organization has taken on before, and that's not only true of its deep space aspirations. Size is a factor, too.

In terms of mere height, the SLS rocket will end up nearly 38-stories tall. Building and assembling something that unfathomably massive and unique (remember, it must traverse treacherous space environments) requires equally impressive tools. Luckily for NASA, that's exactly what its Michoud Assembly Facility can offer.