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Powering Space Dreams

As the nation’s largest multiuser propulsion test site, NASA Stennis supports and helps power both national and commercial space efforts and missions.

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A view of Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-1/B-2) from across a small body of water is shown with a crane in the background

Adapting with Purpose to Power Space Dreams

A test team personnel inspecting a pump during an initial chill down activity at the E-3 Test Complex

Depth of Experience, Proven Expertise

Crew at Stennis Space Center installing the first flight core stage for SLS

Supporting Moon to Mars Missions

Virgin Orbit, a satellite-launch company, conducts a Thrust Chamber Assembly test on the E-1 Test Stand

Ideal Location for Commercial Testing

Propulsion Test History – Past, Present, Future

From the ground up, a tremendous team of workers and engineers built the nation’s premier rocket engine test site and “go-to” destination for propulsion testing.

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An aerial image from 1965 shows the dual flame trenches of the Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-1/B-2) under construction

Propulsion Test Team – Experience and Expertise

The NASA Stennis team exhibits a proven depth and breadth of propulsion test experience and expertise.

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Commercial Propulsion Testing – Ideal Location

The commercial aerospace industry is growing – and NASA Stennis is positioning itself to provide support.

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a liquid oxygen cold-flow activation test is conducted at Cell 2 of the E-1 Test Stand

To the Future

Six decades and counting, NASA Stennis stands focused and ready to support the space missions and dreams of tomorrow – and beyond.

photo from first RS-25 test of 2017 at Stennis Space Center