Stennis Space Center

30°21′45.96″N 89°36′00.72″W / 30.3627667°N 89.6002000°W / 30.3627667; -89.6002000

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, United States
Agency executive
  • John W Bailey Jr., Director[1]
Parent agencyNASA
Websitenasa.gov/stennis/

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 MississippiLouisiana 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.

  1. ^ "NASA Administrator Names New Stennis Space Center Director". www.nasa.gov. April 29, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.