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60th Anniversary Gallery: 2000s

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In the first decade of the new millennium, Stennis conducted a range of test projects for both NASA and commercial companies.

A Delta IV common booster core
Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise
Stennis Space Center volunteers
A line of 18-wheelers carrying relief supplies
NASA and government leaders break ground on construction of the new A-3 Test Stand
Astronauts Mike Massimino and Megan McArthur

In the first decade of the new millennium, Stennis conducted a range of test projects for both NASA and commercial companies. The site concluded 34 years of space shuttle main in July 2009, even as it was conducting hot fires of next-generation engines for future space exploration missions.