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Another series of tests on J-2X engine slated for Stennis

MBJ Staff — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:46:16 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — NASA’s has a new round of upcoming tests on the next-generation J-2X rocket engine, which will help power the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) to new destinations in the solar system. Beginning this month, engineers will conduct a series of tests on the second J-2X development engine, designated number 10002, on the [...]

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NASA awards Space Launch System grant to MSU

MBJ Staff — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:07:47 +0000

STARKVILLE — NASA has awarded grants to nine universities for advanced development activities for the nation’s next heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). The agency is providing approximately $2.25 million that will be shared by all the proposals under this NASA Research Announcement to seek solutions to evolve the launch vehicle from its initial [...]

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Testing on rocket engine’s ‘heart’ concludes at Stennis

MBJ Staff — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:09:14 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — NASA has taken another step toward human exploration of new destinations in the solar system. At the agency’s Stennis Space Center, engineers conducted the final test-firing of the J-2X powerpack assembly, an important component of America’s next heavy-lift rocket. The J-2X engine is the first human-rated liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen engine [...]

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Shuttle to buzz Stennis during retirement flight

Associated Press — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:02:32 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — Space Shuttle Endeavour, headed for retirement in California, is scheduled to perform low flyovers — as low as 1,500 feet — as it passes NASA facilities in Mississippi and Louisiana. Stennis Space Center tested the orbiter’s main engines. Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans is where the shuttle’s iconic orange external fuel [...]

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Cochran supporting NASA decision on Stennis’ B-2 test stand

MBJ Staff — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:43:31 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss) is supporting a NASA recommendation to rehabilitate and reuse the B-2 test stand at Stennis Space Center to meet rocket test infrastructure needs of the agency. Cochran said he was informed recently that NASA has allocated $12 million in funding to initiate the rehabilitation and reuse of the [...]

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Rolls-Royce breaks ground on new test stand at Stennis

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:32:35 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — Rolls-Royce North America has broken ground on $50 million second jet engine test stand at the John C. Stennis Space Center. The ceremony was today at the Stennis Center. Rolls-Royce officials say the project will create 35 new jobs. Currently, Rolls-Royce employs 45 workers at the Stennis Space Center. Rolls-Royce’s first jet [...]

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Stennis to run new series of tests of J-2X rocket engine

MBJ Staff — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:47:49 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — A new series of tests on the engine that will help carry humans to deep space will begin next week at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The tests on the J-2X engine bring NASA one step closer to the first human-rated liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen rocket engine to be developed in 40 [...]

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Pratt & Whitney rocket engine passes major milestone

For the MBJ — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:44:17 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed the design certification review for the upgraded RS-68A engine configuration, demonstrating the hydrogen-fueled engine has met all requirements to power heavy-lift vehicles into space. The Engine System Design Certification Review, conducted March 31-April 1 by the customer and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, evaluated the RS-68A engine [...]

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