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Home: City Guides: Biloxi: Attractions |
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StenniSphere
NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center
Bldg 1200
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
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(228) 688-2370
MS and LA call 1-800-237-1821 (Option 1) |
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228-688-7528 |
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Open Hours: |
Daily from 9am to 5 pm
Except: Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day |
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Admission: |
Admission is FREE |
NASA's Stennis Space Center test-fires the Space Shuttle Main Engines, as well as future rocket engines, and makes NASA's remote sensing technology available for commercial use. It is also home to over 30 federal, state, academic and private organizations. The visitor center, StenniSphere, has 14,000 square feet of interactive exhibits where visitors test-fire a Space Shuttle Main Engine, land the Space Shuttle, go aboard the International Space Station, experience life on Mars, forecast the weather and study the oceans. A motion simulator creates the experience of traveling to other planets and under the sea. Local cuisine is served in the RocKeTeria Restaurant, and unique items are offered in the Space Odyssey Gift Shop. Tours ofamerica's largest rocket test complex begin at the Launch Pad, located at the Mississippi Welcome Center at Exit 2 on I -10 in Hancock County.
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