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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Stennis Space Center crews preparing for future Artemis tests
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (WXXV)- NASA is providing an update on the progress Stennis Space Center employees are making when it comes to engine testing for the…
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…
Stennis Space Center hits major milestone for Artemis mission
A major milestone this week in the progress of the Artemis mission. Crews at Stennis completing a safe lift and installation for the interstage simulator component needed for testing…
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…
Remembering the lost towns of Hancock County
When Stennis Space Center was brought to Hancock County in 1961, with it came the need for a large buffer zone. As a result, the towns of Santa Rosa, Westonia,…
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…
Stennis Space Center names Biloxi native as deputy director
NASA’s Stennis Space Center Director John Bailey announced today that longtime propulsion engineer/manager Christine Powell has been selected as deputy director of the south Mississippi propulsion site, effective Aug. 12. “I am excited for Christine to join the NASA Stennis…
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…
S3, employees come to agreement to end strike at Stennis
Members of the Machinists Union 2249 ended their five-day strike Friday afternoon at Stennis Space Center. The union members who are employees of Syncom Space Services, who went out on strike at 5 a.m. Monday, June 17, returned to work…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
Tylertown man charged with stealing vehicle, fleeing from deputies
A Tylertown man was arrested last week after deputies chased him in a stolen vehicle from I-10 onto Stennis Space Center. Sheriff Ricky Adam said 29-year-old Sedale Payton is charged with possession of stolen property and evading law enforcement. He…
Private company leases use of A2 test stand at Stennis Space Center
Relativity Space, a 3D printed rocket company, has signed an enhanced use lease agreement on the vertical test stand at the A-2 complex at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. The agreement marks the first time a commercial tenant has…
NASA tests last RS-25 engine at Stennis Space Center
The John C. Stennis Space Center tested its last RS-25 engine for the season. This engine will send astronauts to the moon. As powerful as this one…
Gulfport Chamber of Commerce hosts second quarterly breakfast
Stennis Space Center is known far and wide for its contribution to NASA’s space program, but officials with Stennis are trying to get the word out about the…
Stennis Space Center tests RS-25 engine during ‘Blast into Summer’ event
NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center tested an RS-25 engine during their ‘Blast into Summer’ event. Stennis has done 11 of these tests throughout the…