In April 2021, NASA and Maxar Technologies successfully completed the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) mission spacecraft accommodation…
Stennis continued space shuttle main engine testing in the 1990s but also worked to expand its capabilities with construction of…
This week in 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard lifted off in the Freedom 7 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, embarking on…
Stennis focused on testing every space shuttle main engine used in flight during the 1980s.
A U.S. Marine helicopter recovery team hoists astronaut Alan Shepard from his Mercury spacecraft after a successful flight and splashdown…
In the 1970s, after testing Saturn rocket stages that carried humans to the Moon as part of the Apollo Program,…
NASA is targeting 2022 for the first flight of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) research aircraft. Its mission –…
Stennis Space Center was a beehive of activity during the 1960s as site test structures and facilities were constructed.
The first full 'design limit test' (max load) of the Solid Rocket Booster parachute was cancelled when the 48,000 pound…
NASA researcher harvests crops in Antarctica.
