Name: Stennis Space Center (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing))
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Author: Manto, Cindy Donze ; Haise Apollo Astronaut, Fred W., Jr.
ISBN: 9781540233363

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Stennis Space Center (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing))

Type

Physical Book

Author

Cindy Donze Manto

Preface by

Fred W. Haise Apollo Astronaut

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

Language

English

Pages

130

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

24.4 x 17.0 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.41 kg.

ISBN13

9781540233363

Synopsis "Stennis Space Center (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) "

Originally known simply as Mississippi Field Operations, Stennis Space Center arose from the dissolution of two towns and several surrounding communities that had served the lumber industry since the 1800s. Its sole purpose was to static test the free world's most powerful rockets after they arrived by barge via the Pearl River. Spurred on by an intense Cold War race to the moon, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) battled mud, mosquitoes, and snakes as it cleared the way for its colossal test stands for the Apollo program. When completed, the A & B Test Complexes towered between 200 and 400 feet high, the tallest structures in the state of Mississippi in 1965. Dr. Wernher von Braun, the first director of Marshall Space Flight Center, was fond of saying that "to get to the moon, we will have to go through Mississippi to get there!" Today, Stennis Space Center is NASA's largest propulsion test complex and also home to a diverse collection of resident agencies: federal, military, private, local, national, and international.

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