Static Firing of a Main Engine on the B-1 Test Stand at John C. Stennis Space Center

Authors

Files

Contributor

NASA

Description

This color picture postcard features a static firing of the main engine on a B-1 test stand at the John C. Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi. The top center of the back of the card reads "John C. Stennis Space Center On the Gulf Coast in Hancock County, Mississippi." The description in the lower left corner reads "NASA's John C. Space Center in Hancock County, MS, Flight certifies all the main engines which power the space shuttle into low-earth orbit. Shown here on the B-1 test stand is a static firing of the powerful main engine."

Publication Date

1910

Publisher

NASA

Time Period

1890-1999

Subjects

Postcards; Picture postcards; Hancock County, Mississippi

Geographic Location

Bay St. Louis, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_John-C-Stennis-Space-Center-Smoke_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Gulf Coast Sub-Collection

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University