Stennis Space Center

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NASA rocket engine test facility spaceport facility

Stennis Space Center is NASA’s primary rocket engine testing facility, located in southern Mississippi and crucial to the development and certification of propulsion systems for U.S. space missions.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA rocket engine test facility → spaceport facility →
country	United States →
environmentalFeature	acoustic buffer zone protects surrounding communities from test noise →
formerName	Mississippi Test Facility →
hasApproximateArea	about 13,800 acres (core area) →
hasBufferZoneArea	about 125,000 acres →
hasFacilityType	large propulsion test complex →
hasPrimaryFunction	propulsion system certification → propulsion system development → rocket engine testing →
hasSecurityPerimeter	acoustic buffer zone →
hasTestStand	A-1 Test Stand → A-2 Test Stand → B-1 Test Stand → B-2 Test Stand → E Test Complex →
hostsTenant	NOAA → U.S. Geological Survey → U.S. Navy → commercial aerospace companies →
locatedIn	Hancock County, Mississippi → Mississippi →
locatedInRegion	southern Mississippi →
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone →
locatedNear	Bay St. Louis, Mississippi → Pearlington, Mississippi →
namedAfter	John C. Stennis →
opened	1960s →
operator	NASA →
ownedBy	NASA →
partOf	NASA →
significance	critical to development and certification of U.S. spaceflight propulsion systems → primary NASA rocket propulsion test center →
specializesIn	liquid-fueled rocket engine testing →
supportsAgency	NASA Johnson Space Center → NASA Marshall Space Flight Center →
supportsProgram	Apollo program → Artemis program → Space Launch System program → Space Shuttle program →
testedEngineType	RS-25 engine → SLS core stage → Saturn V rocket stages → Space Shuttle Main Engine →
usedFor	testing Department of Defense propulsion systems → testing commercial launch vehicle engines → testing propulsion systems for NASA programs → testing rocket engines for U.S. space missions →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Marshall Space Flight Center →	coordinatesWith
John C. Stennis ("Stennis") →	familyName
Stennis Space Center ("Mississippi Test Facility") →	formerName
NASA field center network ("NASA Stennis Space Center") →	hasComponent
NRL ("NRL Stennis Space Center detachment") →	hasFieldSite
A-2 Test Stand →	locatedIn
John C. Stennis ("John C. Stennis Space Center") →	namesakeOf
A-2 Test Stand ("NASA Stennis Space Center") →	operatedBy
NASA →	operates
A-2 Test Stand ("Stennis Space Center test complex") →	partOf
Space Shuttle Main Engines →	testFacility