Stennis Space Center

30°21′45.96″N 89°36′00.72″W

John C. Stennis Space Center

The B-1/B-2 Test Stand holding Space Shuttle components (1987)
Agency overview
Formed1961
Preceding agencies
  • Mississippi Test Operations
  • National Space Technology Laboratories
JurisdictionU.S. federal government
HeadquartersHancock County, Mississippi
Agency executive
  • Richard J. Gilbrech, director
Parent agencyNASA
WebsiteStennis Space Center home page

The John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC) is a NASA rocket testing facility in Hancock County, Mississippi, United States, on the banks of the Pearl River at the Mississippi–Louisiana border. As of 2012, it is NASA's largest rocket engine test facility. There are over 50 local, state, national, international, private, and public companies and agencies using SSC for their rocket testing facilities.

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