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NASA Stennis Space Center employees are committed to return to flight
NASA News
National Aeronautics and Space Administration John C. Stennis Space Center Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000 PF-03-122 (228) 688-3341 Aug. 26, 2003 Paul Foerman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NASA Acting News Chief (228) 688-3341 NASA STENNIS SPACE CENTER EMPLOYEES ARE COMMITTED TO RETURN TO FLIGHT HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. -- The employees at Stennis Space Center are fully committed to returning to flight. The Columbia Accident Investigation Board's report will reinvigorate NASA and we fully support it. Stennis Space Center feels very close to the return to flight effort, as some of our top managers are playing key roles in the effort. Bill Parsons, our former center director, is now the Space Shuttle Program Manager. Robert Lightfoot, our former head of Rocket Propulsion Testing, is at NASA Headquarters helping to lead the development of NASA's Implementation Plan for Return to Flight. Dr. Rick Gilbrech, the head of our Program Integration Office, is Stennis' representative for implementing the new NASA Engineering and Safety Center at Langley Research Center in Virginia. Mike Smiles, the head of our Safety and Mission Assurance office, is assisting the efforts at Michoud. They are all playing a major role in the return to flight effort. The Space Shuttle is the world's first reusable spacecraft. It is still a one-of-a-kind vehicle and remains the best in the world at accomplishing the mission it has been designed to do. Stennis Space Center has been testing all Space Shuttle Main Engines since 1975 and will continue to make these engines ready to propel the Shuttle into space. We are approaching (on Oct. 1) 1,000,000 seconds of testing on this phenomenal engine. Every astronaut who has flown on the Space Shuttle has ridden on these engines tested at Stennis. This testing at Stennis has ensured a fantastic reliability record for the Shuttle's engines. Besides the complex that tests the Space Shuttle Main Engines, the center has another area, the E-Complex test facility that is the largest facility of its kind in the nation. The E- Complex tests the developmental rocket engine components for future spacecraft. Stennis Space Center will play a major role in the Shuttle's return to flight. We are One NASA and will dedicate all our energies to ensure the Shuttle is fit to fly. We are very proud of the hard work and dedication of our people at Stennis, all of whom are doing their part in helping the Shuttle in returning to flight. -END- -- ---- Jacques :-) Editor: www.spacepatches.info ------------------------------------------------------ |
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