Before he joined the Astronaut Corps, Arnold was a teacher in classrooms all over the world, from Malaysia to Romania.…
60 Years Ago: Alan Shepard Becomes the First American in Space
Lucy’s epic journey to observe Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids requires a reliable communications link back to Earth, and so the spacecraft…
Stennis continued its frontline work in the second decade of the new millennium, testing the systems and engines needed for…
In the first decade of the new millennium, Stennis conducted a range of test projects for both NASA and commercial…
In April 2021, NASA and Maxar Technologies successfully completed the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) mission spacecraft accommodation…
Stennis continued space shuttle main engine testing in the 1990s but also worked to expand its capabilities with construction of…
This week in 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard lifted off in the Freedom 7 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, embarking on…
Stennis focused on testing every space shuttle main engine used in flight during the 1980s.
A U.S. Marine helicopter recovery team hoists astronaut Alan Shepard from his Mercury spacecraft after a successful flight and splashdown…
