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What is a Planet?
What is a planet? This quest
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What is a planet? This question has been pondered by many since the early Greeks came up with the word "planetes". Since then the number of "planets" in our solar system has fluctuated, sometimes numbering as high as 15, before it was determined that some were actually asteroids. Topic: A fascinating travel along the "Kuiper Belt highway" at 100mph to explore the far reaches of our solar system that discovers how vast our corner of the galaxy really is. |
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Ares Quarterly Progress Repo
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This Ares Quarterly Progress
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1/1/2007
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This Ares Quarterly Progress Report, originally released to the public in January 2007, includes progress updates on: - System Requirements Review - Launch Abort System - Test flight avionics - Wind tunnel testing - Solid rocket motor development and test firing - Ares I instrument unit mock-up - Test Stand A-1 handoff. For a closed-captioned version of the video, please visit us on the Web at http://www.nasa.gov/ares. |
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1/1/2007 |
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Ares Quarterly Progress Repo
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This Ares Quarterly Progress
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5/7/2007
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This Ares Quarterly Progress Report, originally released to the public in May 2007, includes progress updates on: - The Ares Systems Integration Laboratory. - New solid rocket motor insulation. - Engine injector testing. - Confidence panel fabrication. - Ares I-X Peacekeeper engine tests. For a closed-captioned version of the video, please visit us on the Web at http://www.nasa.gov/ares |
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5/7/2007 |
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Ares Quarterly Progress Repo
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This Ares Quarterly Progress
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8/6/2007
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This Ares Quarterly Progress Report, originally released to the public in August 2007, includes progress updates on: - Ares at Team America Rocketry Challenge. - Solid rocket motor firing. - Confidence panel testing. - First stage nozzle actuator. - Ares I-X Peacekeeper engine tests. - Friction stir weld tool assembly. For a closed-captioned version of the video, please visit us on the Web at http://www.nasa.gov/ares. |
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8/6/2007 |
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Ares Quarterly Progress Repo
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This Ares Quarterly Progress
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10/1/2007
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This Ares Quarterly Progress Report, originally released to the public in October 2007, includes progress updates on: - Stage separation wind tunnel testing. - System Definition Review (SDR). - Upper stage barrel panel fabrication. - Groundbreaking at Test Stand A3. - J-2X materials testing. - Ares at Wired NextFest 2007. For a closed-captioned version of the video, please visit us on the Web at http://www.nasa.gov/ares. |
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10/1/2007 |
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NASA's Mars Team Teaches Old
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Animated route of Spirit's e
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1/2/07
3 Years on Mars: Spirit
Overview of Mars Exploration
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1/4/07
3 Years on Mars: Opportunity
Overview of Mars Exploration
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1/24/07
NASA's Mars Orbiter Sees Eff
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Detailed images from the Hig
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2/12/07
NASA Readies Mars Lander for
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Animation of Phoenix Mars La
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7/5/07
Searching for Life
Senior research scientist Ma
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7/12/07
NASA's Mars Rover Braves Sev
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A series of severe Martian s
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7/20/07
Opportunity Rover Weathers t
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Mars Exploration Rover, Oppo
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7/23/07
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander S
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A NASA robot equipped to dig
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7/31/07
Challenges of Getting to Mar
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A chronicle of the delicate
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8/14/07
Phoenix Mars Lander: Hunting
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Documentary footage, animati
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7/9/07
As Martian Skies Brighten, R
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rove
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Mars: A Feast for the Eyes -
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Close-up views of gullies, c
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10/2/07
NASA's MRO Spies Future Mars
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Zoom and pan moves was creat
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10/11/07
The Challenges of Getting to
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Engineers and scientists exp
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10/19/07
The Challenges of Getting to
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Navigation engineers explain
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11/28/07
Mars Phoenix Prelaunch, Gant
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Left side view of Stereo Sho
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8/3/07
Desert RATS Prepare for the
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NASA researchers test techni
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9/13/07
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Desert RATS Prepare for the Moon |
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9/13/07 |
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NASA researchers test techniques for lunar exploration in the Arizona desert. |
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What's up for December?
What's up for December?
12/13/07
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What's up for December? |
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12/13/07 |
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What's up for December? |
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FIRST Robotics Kickoff
NASA engineers Scott Olive (
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1/6/07
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NASA engineers Scott Olive (left) and Bo Clarke answer questions during the 2007 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition regional kickoff event held Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007, at StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. The SSC employees and FIRST Robotics volunteer mentors are standing near a mock-up of the playing field for the FIRST Robotics' 2007 `Rack n' Roll' challenge. Roughly 300 students and adult volunteers - representing 29 high schools from four states - attended the kickoff to hear the rules of `Rack n' Roll.' The teams will spend the next six weeks building and programming robots from parts kits they received Saturday, then battle their creations at regional spring competitions in New Orleans, Houston, Atlanta and other cities around the nation. FIRST aims to inspire students in the pursuit of engineering and technology studies and careers. |
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1/6/07 |
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Partners in Leadership for P
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Members of the 2007 class of
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1/11/07
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Members of the 2007 class of Partners in Leadership toured NASA Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss., on Jan. 11. They visited the center's B Test Stand, part of the center's rocket engine test complex. The Partners in Leadership training program is designed to teach Pearl River County leaders about their county's government, economic development, health and human services, history and arts, environment and education during a 10-month period. The program, sponsored by the Partners for Pearl River County, helps fulfill the mission of the economic and community development agency. |
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1/11/07 |
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PRCC Aviation Students
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's
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1/26/07
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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Jeff Hansell, right, explains functions of a space shuttle main engine to Pearl River Community College Aviation Maintenance Technology Program students. Christopher Bryon, left, of Bay St. Louis, Ret Tolar of Kiln, Dan Holston of Baxterville and Billy Zugg of Long Beach took a recent tour of the SSME Processing Facility and the E-1 Test Complex at Stennis Space Center in South Mississippi. The students attend class adjacent to the Stennis International Airport tarmac in Kiln, where they get hands-on experience. PRCC's program prepares students to be responsible for the inspection, repair and maintenance of technologically advanced aircraft. A contractor to NASA, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, Calif., manufactures the space shuttle main engine and its high-pressure turbo pumps. SSC was established in the 1960s to test the huge engines for the Saturn V moon rockets. Now 40 years later, the center tests every main engine for the space shuttle, and is America's largest rocket engine test complex. SSC will soon begin testing the rocket engines that will power spacecraft carrying Americans back to the moon and on to Mars. |
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1/26/07 |
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STS-116 crew visits SSC
The astronauts of NASA's STS
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1/30/07
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The astronauts of NASA's STS-116 space shuttle mission visited NASA Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi to share highlights of their 13-day mission and to thank SSC employees for the reliability of the space shuttle's main engines, which helped propel Space Shuttle Discovery into orbit during its Dec. 9, 2006, launch. Pictured (from left) are STS-116 crewmembers Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein, Mission Specialist Robert Curbeam, SSC Center Director, Richard Gilbrech, Mission Specialists Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick and Christer Fuglesang. During the mission, which began with the first evening launch since 2002, the astronauts installed the P5 spacer truss segment and rewired the International Space Station's power system. |
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1/30/07 |
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A-3 Test Stand construction
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The concrete foundation plac
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12/18/07
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The concrete foundation placed Dec. 18 (foreground) for Stennis Space Center's future A-3 Test Stand has almost completely cured by early January, according to Bo Clarke, NASA's contracting officer technical representative for the foundation contract. By late December, construction on foundations for many of the test stand's support structures - diffuser, liquid oxygen, isopropyl alcohol and water tanks and gaseous nitrogen bottle battery - had begun with the installation of (background) `mud slabs.' The slabs provide a working surface for the reinforcing steel and foundation forms. |
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12/18/07 |
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PowerPack Developments
A vintage 1960 J-2 thrust ch
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4/11/07
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A vintage 1960 J-2 thrust chamber is fitted with brackets and pumps recently at the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne assembly facility in Stennis Space Center's Building 9101. Together, the parts comprise the J-2X Powerpack 1A test article. Mississippi Space Services machined the new bracket (the V-shaped arm on the right), making this the first time parts for an engine test article were machined, welded and assembled on site at SSC. |
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4/11/07 |
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Sun-Earth Day
Michael Sandras, a member of
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4/11/07
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Michael Sandras, a member of the Pontchartrain Astronomical Society, explains his solar telescope to students of Second Street in Bay St. Louis, Hancock County and Nicholson elementary schools in StenniSphere's Millennium Hall on April 10. The students participated in several hands-on activities at Stennis Space Center's Sun-Earth Day celebration. |
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4/11/07 |
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Diamond Tours
On April 24, a group traveli
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4/27/07
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On April 24, a group traveling with Diamond Tours visited StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA John C. Stennis Space Center in South Mississippi. The trip marked Diamond Tours' return to StenniSphere since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005. About 25 business professionals from Georgia enjoyed the day's tour of America's largest rocket engine test complex, along with the many displays and exhibits at the museum. Before Hurricane Katrina, the nationwide company brought more than 1,000 visitors to StenniSphere each month. That contributed to more than 100,000 visitors from around the world touring the space center each year. In past years StenniSphere's visitor relations specialists booked Diamond Tours two or three times a week, averaging 40 to 50 people per visit. SSC was established in the 1960s to test the huge engines for the Saturn V moon rockets. Now 40 years later, the center tests every main engine for the space shuttle. SSC will soon begin testing the rocket engines that will power spacecraft carrying Americans back to the moon and on to Mars. For more information or to book a tour, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/home/index.html and click on the StenniSphere logo, or call 800-237-1821 or 228-688-2370. |
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4/27/07 |
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A-3 Test Stand
This engineer's concept draw
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5/8/07
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This engineer's concept drawing of the A-3 Test Stand shows the 300-foot-tall structure's open steel frame and large exhaust diffuser. |
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5/8/07 |
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Astro Camp Counselors
Barbara Marino (left), Stenn
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6/8/07
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Barbara Marino (left), Stennis Space Center education technology specialist, shows Astro Camp Counselor Beverly Fitzsimmons a LEGO model during a teambuilding exercise May 29 at SSC's North Gate computer lab as a part of the counselors' `new hire' orientation. |
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6/8/07 |
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DEVELOP Students
DEVELOP team members at Sten
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7/3/07
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DEVELOP team members at Stennis Space Center for the summer 2007 term are (from left): front row, students Deirdra Boley, Jason Jones, Lauren Childs, Craig Matthews and Denise Spindel, back row, advisers Cheri Miller of NASA, Kenton Ross of Science Systems and Applications Inc., Andra Johnson of Southern University and Roxzana Moore, SSAI. |
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7/3/07 |
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A-3 First Tree Cutting
Tree clearing for the site o
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6/13/07
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Tree clearing for the site of the new A-3 Test Stand at Stennis Space center began June 13. NASA's first new large rocket engine test stand to be built since the site's inception, A-3 construction begins a historic era for America's largest rocket engine test complex. The 300-foot-tall structure is scheduled for completion in August 2010. A-3 will perform altitude tests on the Constellation's J-2X engine that will power the upper stage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle and earth departure stage of the Ares V cargo launch vehicle. The Constellation Program, NASA's plan for carrying out the nation's Vision for Space Exploration, will return humans to the moon and eventually carry them to Mars and beyond. |
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6/13/07 |
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A-3 Cleared Site
Work to clear the site for t
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6/18/07
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Work to clear the site for the A-3 Test Stand progresses quickly, as seen in this photo taken June 18 from atop the A-1 Test Stand. The next step in construction at 19-acre site will be the arrival of fill dirt in mid-July, followed by pilings and piling caps. |
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6/18/07 |
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Astronauts' Visit
Astronauts Rick Sturckow (ri
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8/2/07
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Astronauts Rick Sturckow (right) and Pat Forrester make a presentation Aug. 2 at NASA Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., about their recent space shuttle mission, STS-117. Sturckow and Forrester thanked employees for the reliability and safe performance of the space shuttle's main engines, which are all tested and proved flight-worthy at SSC. The astronauts delivered a video of their mission's highlights, held a question-and-answer session, met one-on-one with employees and presented two Silver Snoopy awards during their visit. The STS-117 mission, which launched June 8, delivered a truss segment and a set of U.S. solar arrays, batteries and associated equipment to the International Space Station. Sturckow commanded the mission, Forrester was a mission specialist who performed two of STS-117's four spacewalks. |
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8/2/07 |
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Scissors Duct
Stennis Space Center enginee
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6/26/07
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Stennis Space Center engineers are preparing to conduct water tests on an updated version of the scissors duct component of the J-2X engine. Measuring about 2 feet long and about 8 inches in diameter, the duct on the J-2X predecessor, the J-2, connected its fuel turbo pumps to the flight vehicle's upper stage run tanks. According to NASA's J-2X project manager at SSC, Gary Benton, the water tests should establish the limits of the duct's ability to withstand vibration. |
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6/26/07 |
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Astro Camp Goes to Florida
Katie Craig, daughter of for
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8/8/07
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Katie Craig, daughter of former Stennis Space Center Deputy Director Mark Craig, launches a 'balloon rocket' with the help of Rebecca Compretta, Astro Camp coordinator at SSC. SSC took Astro Camp on the road to Florida this week to engage children and their parents during activities surrounding the Aug. 8 launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on NASA's STS-118 mission to the International Space Station. Astro Camp is SSC's popular space camp program designed to inspire and educate students using science and math principles. |
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8/8/07 |
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A-3 Groundbreaking Ceremony
NASA officials and governmen
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8/23/07
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NASA officials and government leaders participated in a groundbreaking event for a new rocket engine test stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center, Miss. Pictured (left to right) are Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Doug Cooke, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne President Jim Maser, Stennis Space Center Director Richard Gilbrech, NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Scott Horowitz, NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, Sen. Thad Cochran, Sen. Trent Lott, Rep. Gene Taylor, SSC's Deputy Director Gene Goldman, and SSC's A-3 Project Manager Lonnie Dutreix. Stennis' A-3 Test Stand will provide altitude testing for NASA's developing J-2X engine. That engine will power the upper stages of NASA's Ares I and Ares V rockets. A-3 is the first large test stand to be built at SSC since the site's inception in the 1960s. |
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8/23/07 |
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FIRST LEGO League Kickoff
Randall Hicks (right), Jacob
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9/15/07
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Randall Hicks (right), Jacobs Technology's Education Services manager at NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, answers questions about the playing field for FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League's 2007 Challenge, `Power Puzzle.' More than 140 teachers, mentors, parents and students from 15 schools attended the Sept. 15 FLL season kickoff at StenniSphere, the visitor center at SSC. The teams from southern and central Mississippi and Mobile, Ala., who came to SSC heard rules for and asked questions about `Power Puzzle,' and saw robot demonstrations by Gulfport and Picayune high schools' past FIRST Robotics competitions. Using LEGO Mindstorms NXT kits, FLL teams of children ages 9-14 will spend the next three months building and programming robots to perform 'Power Puzzle's' challenge tasks, then pit them in competitions. They also will submit a research project about how energy choices impact the environment and the economy. The season will culminate at the Mississippi Championship Tournament on Dec. 8 at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. FLL, considered the `little league' of the FIRST Robotics Competition, partners FIRST and the LEGO Group. Competitions aim to inspire and celebrate science and technology using real-world context and hands-on experimentation. NASA recognizes FIRST activities as an excellent hands-on method to increase student knowledge of science, engineering, technology and mathematics. Schools represented in this year's kickoff were: Madison Avenue Upper Elementary, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' Conehatta Elementary, Hattiesburg's Lillie Burney Elementary, Pearl Upper Elementary, Long Beach Middle, Oktibehha Elementary, d'Iberville Middle, Saucier's West Wortham Middle, Picayune's Nicholson Elementary and Roseland Park Baptist Church Academy, Bay St. Louis' St. Stanislaus College and Mobile's Davidson High, as well as two home-school groups from the Jackson area. |
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9/15/07 |
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J-2X installation on A-1
Core components of the J-2X
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9/20/07
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Core components of the J-2X engine being designed for NASA's Constellation Program recently were installed on the A-1 Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. Tests of the components, known as Powerpack 1A, will be conducted from November 2007 through February 2008. The Powerpack 1A test article consists of a gas generator and engine turbopumps originally developed for the Apollo Program that put Americans on the moon in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Engineers are testing these heritage components to obtain data that will help them modify the turbomachinery to meet the higher performance requirements of the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles. The upcoming tests will simulate inlet and outlet conditions that would be present on the turbomachinery during a full-up engine hot-fire test. |
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9/20/07 |
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New Hurricane Exhibit
A new exhibit in StenniSpher
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8/29/07
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A new exhibit in StenniSphere depicting NASA's role in hurricane prediction and research and SSC's role in helping the region recover from Hurricane Katrina. The cyclone-shaped exhibit focuses on the effects of the Aug. 29, 2005 storm and outlines how NASA is working to improve weather forecasting. Through photos, 3-D models and digital animations, the exhibit tells the story of what happened inside the storm and how NASA's scientific research can increase the accuracy of hurricane tracking and modeling. |
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8/29/07 |
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Stennis hosts Gulf Pine Coun
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Tori Williams, of Brownie Gi
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10/13/07
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Tori Williams, of Brownie Girl Scout Troop 313, builds her own `stomp rocket' with the help of adult chaperone Pamela Cottrell. The two, of Gulfport, participated in NASA Brownie Day on Oct. 13 at Stennis Space Center. They were among nearly 200 members of Brownie Girl Scout Troops within the Gulf Pines Council who took part in the day of educational activities at SSC. Brownie Day used NASA curriculum support materials to teach about the sun and its significance in our solar system. In addition to building and launching their own model rockets, the girls toured the center's portable Starlab planetarium, viewed demonstrations about living and working in space, played games of `Moon Phasers' that teach about the rotation of the moon around the earth, made bracelets with ultraviolet-sensitive beads, and other activities that celebrated Earth's very own star. They also toured StenniSphere and were able to earn their Earth and Sky and Space Explorer `Try-Its.' |
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10/13/07 |
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NASA Explorer School
The NASA Explorer School-Eas
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11/8/07
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The NASA Explorer School-East Oktibbeha County School District team recently celebrated the start of its three-year partnership with NASA during a two-part kickoff event Nov. 7 and 8. Pictured from left are, Oktibbeha County School District Superintendent Dr. Walter Conley, NES Team Administrator James Covington, Stennis Space Center Deputy Director Gene Goldman, Sharon Bonner, NES Team Lead Yolanda Magee, Andrea Temple, Carolyn Rice, and special guest astronaut Roger Crouch. |
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11/8/07 |
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FIRST LEGO League announces
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PEAK Home School Network Tea
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12/8/07
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PEAK Home School Network Team 1832 "Techno Warriors" of Brandon sport the Champions Award they won during the Dec. 8 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League 2007 Mississippi Championship Tournament. |
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12/8/07 |
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Astronauts of Mission STS-12
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Astronaut Pam Melroy present
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12/13/07
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Astronaut Pam Melroy presents a commemorative collage of photos and items flown aboard space shuttle Discovery to Bob Cabana, director of NASA's Stennis Space Center in South Mississippi. Melroy commanded NASA's space shuttle mission STS-120. She and fellow crewmembers (from left) Doug Wheelock, Stephanie Wilson, George Zamka, Scott Parazynski and Paolo Nespoli visited Stennis Dec. 13, 2007, to thank employees for the reliability and safe performance of the space shuttle's main engines, which on Oct. 23 launched them aboard Discovery on their mission to the International Space Station. |
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12/13/07 |
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J-2X Powerpack tests begin
COLD FLOW - Liquid oxygen ru
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12/18/07
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COLD FLOW - Liquid oxygen runs through the piping on Stennis Space Center's A-1 Test Stand on Dec. 18 to test the ability of the J-2X engine's Powerpack 1A to withstand the temperature change and pressure. Just visible above and to the right of the test article's nozzle is a frosty pipe, indicating the supercold fuel is flowing as it should. |
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12/18/07 |
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Students with NASA's Stennis
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Jason Jones, left, and Laure
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12/10/07
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Jason Jones, left, and Lauren Childs are pictured with their presentation during the poster session at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., Dec. 10-14, 2007. |
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12/10/07 |
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