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Stennis Space Center Cancels Open House Events

The September 10 open house and public engine test event at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center has been canceled due to the uncertain approach of Hurricane Ike.
Stennis Space Center Visitor's Center to Re-Open Sept. 5

StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center, will re-open Friday, Sept. 5, after closing due to Hurricane Gustav.
Stennis Space Center, StenniSphere Recognized For Excellence

NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center and its visitor center, StenniSphere, were recognized for outstanding service to the community at the 2008 Annual Hancock County Awards Gala on Aug. 26.

Stennis Space Center

State-of-the-art test facilities at NASA John C. Stennis Space Center include the A, B and E complexes, designed for rocket propulsion testing from component to engine to stage-level. Since 1975, the center’s primary mission has been to test the main engines that propel the space shuttle during its 8 ½ -minute ascent to orbit.
Rocket Propulsion Testing

Under NASA Stennis Space Center’s Engineering and Science Directorate, rocket engine propulsion test activities are conducted on one-of-a-kind national test facilities collectively valued at more than $2 billion. SSC is America’s largest rocket engine test complex and is surrounded by a 125,000-acre acoustical buffer zone, which is considered a national asset.
Applied Research and Technology Project Office

NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center Applied Sciences Program works with other federal agencies and research organizations to extend NASA’s Earth-Sun science research into societal benefit.