The NASA Stennis Space Center is a state-of-the-art research facility located in Waveland, Mississippi. It is one of NASA’s largest rocket engine testing facilities and plays a vital role in the development of space exploration technologies. The Stennis Space Center spans over 13,800 acres and is home to a wide range of test stands, laboratories, and other facilities that support NASA’s mission. The center’s primary function is to conduct testing of rocket engines that power the space shuttles a

Rocket Motor Test for NASA Artemis Moon Missions | Marshall Space Flight Center NASA engineers successfully completed a subscale solid rocket motor test June 1, 2022, at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. The subscale motor produced 89,000 pounds of thrust during the hot fire test. This was the second test supporting development efforts for a new motor design for Artemis missions after Artemis VIII. The booster obsolescence and life extension (BOLE) design will be