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John C. Stennis Space Center
The area you are visiting today has had an exciting past. Many important events that shaped the early history of our nation occurred right here along the Pearl River and around the no longer existing town of Gainesville, where Stennis Space Center is now located.
Since the early 1960s, history has again been made along the Pearl River. Every first and second stage of the Saturn V/Apollo vehicle used to put men on the moon was test fired here. Today the John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC) is a unique Federal installation, with numerous Federal, state, and university elements working together in some of the most sophisticated laboratories in this country. The Commander, U.S. Naval Oceanography Command; the Naval Oceanographic Office; and the Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant are also located here.
SSC has become internationally known for projects ranging from application and utilization of space age technology to oceanography. Some of its facilities used to help men to literally reach for the stars are now being used daily to help him deal with more earthly and pressing problems. This work ranges the full spectrum of man's environment from the outermost limits of space to the depths of the our world’s oceans.
For information regarding tours of SSC, inquire at the Visitors Center Front Desk or call 688-2370.