Key parts of NASA's Space Launch System built, tested in Mississippi
Stennis Space Center involved in space missions since Apollo missions
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Updated: 10:00 PM CDT Jul 19, 2021
Stennis Space Center involved in space missions since Apollo missions
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Updated: 10:00 PM CDT Jul 19, 2021
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THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THE ENGINES THAT WILL POWER NASA'S NEXT MISSIONS INTO SPACE... MEGAN, I SPENT A COUPLE OF DAYS IN HANCOCK COUNTY LEARNING HOW THE ENGINES ARE TESTED AND WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING FOR FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION. I LEARNED LOA T... INCLUDING HOW THE MO ST POWERFUL ROCKET IN T HE BEEN TRAVELING INTO SPE AC FOR 60 YEARS... BUT MUCH OR THE WORK TO GET THERE, STARTHES RE IN MISSISSIPPI... THE KEY PARTS OF NASA'S SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM, OR SLS ARE BEING BUILT AND TESTED RIGHT HE ARET STENNIS SPACE CENTER, IN HANCOCK COUNTY... STENNIS HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF AMERICA'S DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE VEHICLES SINCE THE APOLLO MISSIONS... THE CENTER'S B-2 STAND WAS USED TO TEST THE SATURN V ROCKET STAGES THAT TOOK AMERICANS TO THE MOON. .. AND ALL OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE'S MAIN ENGINES WERE TESTED HERE, THROH UG THE ENTIRE 34 YEARS OF THE PROGRAM... UP NEXT...THOSE RS- 25 ENGINES WITH ALL THEIR HISTORY, AND NOW AEDDD TECHNOLOGY, WILL POWER T HE MISSIONS...WITH MOREHA T 2 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST... IT MICHAEL MCDANIEL IS WITH AEROJET ROCKETDYNE. .. THEY ARE REFITTING AND UPGRADING THE RS- 25 ENGINE, AND MAKING IT PART OF THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET IN THE WORLD... THE NT EXGENERATION OF THOSE ENGINES WILL ALLE B BUILT HERE IN MISSISSIPPI...AND WILL BE CREATED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES... INCLUDING 3-D PRINTING. .. TOMORROW NIGHT, WE TAKA E LOOK AT STENNIS