NASA’s new Vertical Assembly Center (VAC), a 170-foot-high marvel of machinery that will be used to assemble elements of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS), now is complete and ready to weld parts for the rocket that will send humans to an asteroid and Mars.
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Stennis Space Center Director Rick Gilbrech and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Lesa Roe presented annual NASA Honor Awards to center employees during an onsite ceremony Aug. 19.
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NASA recognized Stennis Space Center employee Wendy L. Houser Bateman of Baton Rouge as its 2014 Attorney of the Year during a May 7 ceremony in San Jose, Calif.
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Transfer of NASA cutting-edge technologies to the private sector that benefit day-to-day life on Earth are being cultivated at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
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NASA is nearing completion on two major structural restoration construction packages for the B-2 Test Stand at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, marking critical milestones for testing the core stage of the new Space Launch System (SLS).
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NASA engineers at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., achieved a major milestone May 1 as they prepare to test RS-25 rocket engines that will help power the new Space Launch System (SLS) on missions to deep space destinations.
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Recognizing the critical role of American small businesses and research institutions play as innovation engines for new space technologies that will enable future space exploration, NASA has selected 383 research and technology proposals for negotiations that may lead to contracts worth a combined $47.6 million.
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When the SpaceX-3 cargo resupply mission launched to the International Space Station April 18, an experiment designed by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette was among the cargo headed to space.
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An April 21 ribbon-cutting ceremony at NASA’s Stennis Space Center marked the beginning of a new NASA and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) partnership.
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NASA has selected 108 research and technology proposals from U.S. small businesses that will enable NASA’s future missions while benefiting America’s new high technology-driven economy right here on Earth.
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