{"id":12459,"date":"2024-11-13T12:07:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasa-stennis-an-ideal-place-for-commercial-companies\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T12:07:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:07:38","slug":"nasa-stennis-an-ideal-place-for-commercial-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasa-stennis-an-ideal-place-for-commercial-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Stennis \u2013 An Ideal Place for Commercial Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA Stennis \u2013 An Ideal Place for Commercial Companies<\/h2>\n

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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Note: The following article is part of a series highlighting propulsion testing at NASA\u2019s Stennis Space Center. To access the entire series, please visit: https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/propulsion-powering-space-dreams\/<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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NASA engineers conduct a test of the liquid oxygen\/liquid methane Morpheus lander engine HD4B on the E-3 Test Stand at NASA\u2019s Stennis Space Center during the week of Sept. 9, 2013. The fourth-generation Project Morpheus engine was a prototype vertical takeoff and landing vehicle designed to advance innovative technologies into flight-proven systems that may be incorporated into future human exploration missions.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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The work of NASA has fueled commercial spaceflight for takeoff \u2013 and for many aerospace companies, the road to launch begins at NASA\u2019s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Already the nation\u2019s largest propulsion test site and a leader in working with aerospace companies to support their testing needs, NASA Stennis aims to continue growing its commercial market even further.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe aerospace industry is expanding rapidly, and we are here to support it,\u201d said NASA Stennis Director John Bailey. \u201cNASA Stennis has proven for more than two decades that we have the versatile infrastructure and reliable propulsion test experts to meet testing needs and accelerate space goals for a whole range of customers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The central hub for meeting those needs at the south Mississippi center is the E Test Complex. It features four stands with 12 test cells capable of supporting a range of component and engine test activities. NASA operates the E-1 Test Stand with four cell positions and the E-3 Test Stand with two cells. Relativity Space, based in Long Beach, California, leases the E-2 and E-4 stands to support some of its test operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Operators conduct a hot fire for Relativity Space\u2019s Aeon R thrust chamber assembly on the E-1 Test Stand at NASA\u2019s Stennis Space Center in 2024.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Virgin Orbit, a satellite-launch company, conducts a Thrust Chamber Assembly test on the E-1 Test Stand at NASA\u2019s Stennis Space Center in 2021. The company partnered with NASA Stennis to conduct hot fire tests totaling a cumulative 974.391 seconds.<\/div>\n
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Launcher\u2019s 3D-printed Engine-2 rocket engine completes a 5-second hot fire of its thrust chamber assembly on Aug. 20, 2021, at NASA\u2019s Stennis Space Center. The company was just one of several conducting test projects on site in 2021. Launcher, Virgin Orbit, Relativity Space, and L3Harris (formerly known as Aerojet Rocketdyne) made significant strides toward their space-project goals while utilizing NASA Stennis infrastructure.<\/div>\n
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An image from November 2021 shows a subscale center body diffuser hot fire on the E-3 Test Stand during an ongoing advanced diffuser test series at NASA\u2019s Stennis Space Center.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
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A team of engineers from NASA, Orbital Sciences Corporation and L3Harris (formerly known as Aerojet Rocketdyne) conduct an engine acceptance test on the E-1 Test Stand at NASA\u2019s Stennis Space Center on Jan. 18, 2013. The successful test of AJ26 Engine E12 continued support of Orbital Sciences Corporation as the company prepared to provide commercial cargo missions to the International Space Station.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
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