Pearlington in Hancock County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

John C. Stennis Space Center

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 2, 2017

1. John C. Stennis Space Center Marker

Inscription. In 1961 President John F. Kennedy announced plans to send humans to the moon. NASA selected this site for an engine testing facility for the Apollo Moon program. During its construction in 1963, nearly 6,100 workers began building three 200-foot-tall test stands. This 13,800-acre federal city, the largest rocket engine testing facility in the United States, is surrounded by a 125,000-acre buffer zone. The Stennis Space Center tested the main engines for each of the 135 space shuttle missions.

Erected 2011 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Government & Politics • Military • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #35 John F. Kennedy, and the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series lists.

Location. 30° 20.419′ N, 89° 36.79′ W. Marker is in Pearlington, Mississippi, in Hancock County. It is on Shuttle Parkway (State Highway 607) near Old Highway 43, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker

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is in this post office area: Pearlington MS 39572, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: NASA John C. Stennis Space Center (approx. 0.6 miles away); Napoleon (approx. 1.3 miles away); Lunar Lander (approx. 2 miles away); F-1 Rocket Engine (approx. 2 miles away); H-1 Rocket Engine (approx. 2 miles away); Special Operations Craft Riverine (approx. 2 miles away); TAO Buoy (approx. 2 miles away); Tsunami Buoy (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pearlington.

September 2, 2017

2. John C. Stennis Space Center Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2017, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 762 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 3, 2017, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. 2. submitted on September 3, 2017.