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Hubble Space Telescope Repair Crew Visits Stennis Space Center

Astronauts from the STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope shared accounts of their mission today at StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center.
2009 Full of Activity at Stennis Space Center

In 2008, NASA celebrated a half-century of achievement and excellence in space exploration. Halfway through a new year, NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center is building on that track record.
Stennis Presents Honor Awards

John C. Stennis Space Center Director Gene Goldman and NASA Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O'Connor presented annual NASA Honor Awards during an onsite ceremony June 4.

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.