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THE SEA COAST ECHO, HANCOCK TODAY SPECIAL EDITION, JUNE 29, 1997-17
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Engine testing
Stennis Space Center flight certifies all of the main engines which power the Space Shuttle into low-Earth orbit. Shown above on the B-l stand is a static firing of the powerful Space Shuttle Main Engine. Stennis has been named NASA’s lead center for rocket propulsion testing which gives the center the responsibility of conducting and/ or managing all of NASA’s propulsion testing activities.
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ships, astronauts and rocky lunar landscapes — all made entirely from LEGO building blocks. More than 3,500 hours have gone into the design, engineering and building of the exhibit. “Travel in Space” teaches children about space travel from the Wright brothers to the race to the moon, to what future space travel may look like.
Exciting displays and exhibits are planned for this summer which will capture the interest of visitors and offer additional hands-on educational experiences. An addition to double the size of the Visitors Center is also on the drawing boards.
A new hands-on exhibit, coming in June, will give visitors a chance to launch a shuttle themselves. The exhibit known as the “Rocket Fuel Factory” uses electrolysis
SSC tours
Stennis Space Center tour guides make learning fun and fascinating for children at day care centers and in summer reading programs at local libraries in South Mississippi and St. Tammany Parish, La. Tour guides visited 17 libraries and reached 1,200 children last summer. Pictured above, a tour guide explains what astronauts need to live in space.
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