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NASA’s Stennis Space Center Employees Receive NASA Honor Awards

NASA Stennis Space Center Director John Bailey and NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations Kenneth Bowersox presented NASA Honor Awards to Stennis employees during an onsite ceremony May 15. Prior to presenting NASA Honor Awards to Stennis employees, Bailey received the Meritorious Senior Executive Presidential Rank Award.

Posted June 3, 2024

NASA Stennis Helps Family Build a Generational Legacy

For Lee English Jr., the sound of a ringing phone probably sounds a lot like the roar of a rocket engine test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. During the 1970s, when 9-year-old English Jr. picked up the ringing phone, someone from the south Mississippi test site might say, “Tell your […]

Posted May 29, 2024

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Stennis Test Facility and Support Infrastructure

NASA Employs Innovative Approach for Key Test Infrastructure Upgrade

Crews are using an innovative engineering approach to implement an infrastructure upgrade to the test complex water system to help ensure the future of large propulsion testing at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Posted May 21, 2024

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Lagniappe for May 2024

Explore the NASA Stennis newsletter, Lagniappe for May 2024. This issue features NASA’s announcement of the new center director of NASA Stennis, participation in solar eclipse events by NASA Stennis and more!

Posted May 1, 2024

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How NASA Continues Inspiring Engineer’s Future

Work at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, takes one site engineer back to a childhood memory, where a dream of being a member of the NASA team began. Now, Briou Bourgeois is working to launch a career with even bigger aspirations.

Posted May 1, 2024

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NASA Administrator Names New Stennis Space Center Director

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named John Bailey as director of the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, effective immediately. Bailey had been serving as acting director since January. “John will build on his nearly 35 years of federal service to lead our talented workforce at Stennis,” said Nelson.

Posted April 29, 2024

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Lagniappe for April 2024

Explore the April 2024 issue of Lagniappe featuring: Gator Speaks Picture this. The year is 2044. It is 20 years into the future, and you think to yourself, “Life is all about moments. Sometimes we recognize the moment at hand, and at other times, it passes us by before we notice. I wish I paid […]

Posted April 5, 2024

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NASA Employee Grateful for Opportunities at NASA Stennis

Cherie Beech knows full well the opportunity that working at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, affords. Since arriving at the federal city as a contractor 26 years ago, she since has expanded her skillset and grown as a member of the NASA Stennis team. “We are very blessed to have these […]

Posted April 4, 2024

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Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Achieves Milestone for Engines to Power Future Artemis Missions

NASA achieved a major milestone April 3 for production of new RS-25 engines to help power its Artemis campaign to the Moon and beyond with completion of a critical engine certification test series at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The 12-test series represents a key step for lead engines contractor Aerojet […]

Posted April 4, 2024

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Space Launch System (SLS)

MEDIA ADVISORY: NASA Invites Media to Milestone RS-25 Engine Certification Test

NASA will host media to view a milestone RS-25 engine test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center on Wednesday, April 3, to certify full production of new engines to help power the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. As NASA explores the universe for the benefit of all, NASA […]

Posted March 28, 2024