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Concrete testing company to plead guilty to defrauding NASA, Corps

Associated Press — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:37:58 +0000

DIAMONDHEAD — A company hired to perform concrete-strength tests at Stennis Space Center in 2011 is scheduled to accept a plea agreement to making false statements on jobs performed for NASA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Sun Herald reports court records show Gulf Cities Testing Laboratories, LLC, once based in Diamondhead, has [...]

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Senator quizzes NASA administrator about test stand

MBJ Staff — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:31:01 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) wants NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to continue providing Congress information that will help ensure the upgrade of the Stennis Space Center’s B-2 test stand remains on schedule. Cochran addressed the NASA budget at a Senate Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing where Bolden provided testimony on [...]

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Lab accused of falsifying testing results to Corp, Stennis

Associated Press — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:24:42 +0000

DIAMONDHEAD — Authorities have accused a company of making false statements about concrete tests it was hired to do for NASA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Gulf Cities Testing Laboratories LLC, based in Diamondhead was charged in a criminal information in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. [...]

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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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California firm awarded Stennis contract modification

MBJ Staff — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:06:27 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. of Pasadena, Calif., has received a modification for its facility operations service contract at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, adding facility operating services for the former Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant (MSAAP) following a 14-month transition. The contract modification is valued at $15 million including award terms. [...]

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Lockheed Martin delivers first module for GPS III spacecraft

MBJ Staff — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:05:20 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Positioning System III satellites has delivered the first spacecraft’s propulsion core module to the company’s Denver, Col.-area GPS Processing Facility (GPF). According to the company, the milestone represents the program’s first major hardware delivery for GPS III Space Vehicle 1 [...]

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Shuttle’s final journey delayed by bad weather

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:01:30 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — The beginning of space shuttle Endeavour’s final flight to California has been postponed because of weather along the flight route. NASA had planned for the 747 carrying the shuttle to take off from Kennedy Space Center today. The flight is now scheduled to take off at sunrise tomorrow. Low flyovers are still [...]

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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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