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BLAST INTO SUMMER WITH A TRIP TO NASA JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER
Looking for a fun place for family and friends to visit that’s
only a short distance away? Then take a day trip to NASA John C.
Stennis Space Center’s visitor center, StenniSphere.
Located just north of Bay St. Louis in Hancock County, Miss., SSC is
home to America’s largest rocket engine test complex, where
NASA tested the Apollo Saturn V engines that took Americans to the
moon in the 1960s. Today, every space shuttle main engine is
test-fired and proven flight-worthy at Stennis.
Begin the journey in the Launch Pad at the Hancock County Welcome
Center on Interstate 10, just 45 minutes east of New Orleans and
west of Biloxi and about a three-hour drive from metro Jackson.
Before leaving the Launch Pad, view a 30-foot Lunar Lander used to
train Apollo astronauts for their moon missions. It is displayed
above the boot prints and autograph of Apollo 13 astronaut and
Biloxi, Miss., native Fred Haise.
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