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False: Image shows NASA film studio Image shows NASA rocket manufacturing site, not film studio | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption Spacecraft Makers: Introducing Europa Clipper Join team members from NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to learn about the design of this spacecraft that will visit Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter. NASAThe claim: Image shows NASA film studioA May 8 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility. "Maybe cause, as their name indicates, Not A Space Agency, they are just a film studio, and all they do are movies?" Michoud Assembly Facility is not a film studioThe image in the post shows NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. When the Space Shuttle Program was canceled in 2011, film studio Big Easy Productions began renting an underutilized warehouse at the facility. (Source: USA Today)