Catching up with Stennis Space Center's new director
John Bailey has been the Director of NASA's Stennis Space Center since late April, after serving as acting director of the facility since January. WXXV News 25's Grant…
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Stennis Space Center conducts RS-25 engine test
On March 22, NASA conducted a key RS-25 engine test series for future Artemis flights. The hot-fire test was conducted on the Fred Haise Test…
Stennis conducts sixth RS-25 engine test over the weekend
NASA is halfway through with their RS-25 engine tests. The sixth certification test took place on January 27th at the Stennis Space Center. Operators fired the RS-25…
First RS-25 engine test of 2024 takes place at Stennis Space Center
The first Artemis moon rocket engine test of 2024 took place on January 17. NASA completed a 500-second hot fire test of an RS-25…
Latest Artemis rocket test at Stennis Space Center
The next phase of Artemis rocket testing is underway at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. NASA is hoping it’s newly redesigned engine will help bring astronauts to…
Stennis resumes testing on RS-25 engines Wednesday
Now that the Artemis I mission has proved successful, Stennis Space Center is preparing to begin its next round of testing for future Artemis missions. NASA just announced it…
Stennis-fueled Artemis launch a 'go' for Saturday
The countdown is on -- again, for the Artemis launch. A pre-launch briefing today said the "moon rocket" is good to go and is set for a 1:17 Central Time…
Fuel leaks force NASA to scrub launch of new moon rocket
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A fuel leak and then an engine problem during final liftoff preparations led NASA to call off the launch of its mighty new moon rocket Monday on its debut flight with three…
Next step in Moon to Mars mission
More than 50 years after putting the first men on the moon with its Apollo program, NASA is working on an ambitious new program to go back to the moon. The program is called ‘Artemis,’ named after Apollo’s twin sister,…