Much of the Michoud Assembly Facility's NASA history was focused on construction and production of NASA's External Tank (ET).
Silicon Valley is an area that located on the San Francisco, California, peninsula, radiates outward from Stanford University. It is contained by the San Francisco Bay on the east, the Santa Cruz Mountains on the west, and the Coast Range to the southeast.
San Jose may be best known as the capital of Silicon Valley, but it also provides the ideal gateway for exploring California and the sights of the scenic Pacific Coast Highway. Hire a car and visit nearby San Francisco or enjoy a daytrip to the picturesque Big Basin Redwood State Park.