Stennis Space Center releases first-ever open source software
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (WXXV)- Officials at NASA’s Stennis Space Center have released their first ever open-source software. This is a peer review tool to facilitate efficient and…
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Apollo 13 astronaut, MS State alum Ed Smylie passes away
A Mississippi State alumnus who played a pivotal role in the Apollo 13 mission died on Monday. Robert ‘Ed’ Smylie was born in Lincoln County, best…
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space
This image taken from NASA video shows the SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian astronaut Alexander Gorbunov, undocking from the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.…
Southern Miss Alumna Helps Make History at John C. Stennis Space Center
Tessa Keating, an alumna of The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), never thought her job at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center would allow her to contribute to historic events within the space program. Now, she helps promote Artemis, a series…
NASA teams installing new RS-25 engines at Stennis for hot fire tests
NASA marking a milestone at Stennis Space Center. Teams installed new production RS-25 engines for upcoming hot fire tests. These engines will help power…
NASA Stennis Takes Key Step in Expanding its Range Operations Work
NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has entered into an agreement with Skydweller Aero Inc. for the company to operate its solar-powered autonomous aircraft in the site’s restricted airspace, a key step towards achieving a strategic center…
WXXV Exclusive: Developing autonomous space technology at Stennis Space Center
Behind the doors of a simple office building at NASA"s Stennis Space Center, scientists are developing technologies that are already streamlining operations on satellites, with the hopes of using this technology on…
NASA Stennis Completes Key Test Complex Water System Upgrade
For almost 60 years, NASA’s Stennis Space Center has tested rocket systems and engines to help power the nation’s human space exploration dreams. Completion of a critical water system infrastructure project helps ensure the site can continue that frontline work…
NASA Program Gives Three UM Students Opportunity to Design Satellite
OXFORD, Miss. – Designing a satellite just larger than a Rubik's Cube may seem daunting to some, but for four Mississippi college students, it's just rocket science. Three University of Mississippi students and one from Jackson State University are spending their summer…
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…
Workers at company in Stennis Space Center on strike
Workers are on strike following negotiations with a company at Stennis Space Center. News 25's Brooke Parker is live in studio to tell us more about the…
MSU researcher part of $19 million NASA mission focused on ‘true brightness’ of stars, secrets of ‘dark energy’
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State University astrophysicist is going lightyears beyond star-gazing as she helps lead the science portion of a recently approved collaborative $19.5 million Landolt NASA Space Mission that will put an artificial star in orbit around the Earth.…
Boeing launches NASA astronauts for the first time after years of delays
BY MARCIA DUNN Updated 11:04 AM CDT, June 5, 2024 Share CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing launched astronauts for the first time Wednesday, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA. A pair of NASA test pilots blasted…
NASA Stennis Helps Family Build a Generational Legacy
Lee English Jr., left, and his son, Noah, follow in the footsteps of the late Lee English Sr. by working at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. English Sr., an engineer working for the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International Corporation in the…
NASA Employs Innovative Approach for Key Test Infrastructure Upgrade
Crews are using an innovative engineering approach to upgrade an essential test complex water system that will help ensure the future of large propulsion testing at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. “It is a critical facility…
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 role since January. “John will build on his nearly…
Building NASA approved solar eclipse viewing box
The Solar Eclipse will begin shortly and News 25’s Brooke Parker is already set up and ready to watch. If you need an easy and safe way to view the eclipse…
NASA Solar System Ambassador Howard Hochhalter speaks about April 8th solar eclipse.
“It’ll look like an Oreo cookie that has a bite out of it and the bite will get bigger and bigger and bigger.” The solar eclipse is fast approaching. With many…
Engine testing for RS-25 Space Engine at Stennis Space Center
Over at Stennis Space Center, testing for a development engine RS-25 to be used for future Artemis space exploration was displayed to WXXV. For eight full…
East Central students build Mars rover for NASA competition
Some East Central Hornets are heading to Huntsville to represent Mississippi at NASA's Human Exploration Rover Challenge. This is the science club's second year going and they're…
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…
First US moon lander in half a century stops working a week after tipping over at touchdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since the Apollo astronauts fell silent Thursday, a week after breaking a leg at touchdown and tipping over near the lunar south pole. Intuitive Machines’ lander, Odysseus, lasted longer…
NASA to Continue Testing for New Artemis Moon Rocket Engines
NASA will conduct an RS-25 hot fire Friday, Feb. 23, moving one step closer to production of new engines that will help power the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. Teams…
INFINITY Space Center hosting events on March 2
STEM FEST On March 2, the INFINITY Science Center is hosting a STEM FEST! The STEM FEST is a free event running from 9 AM until 12 PM.…