Hancock News

Launcher Signs Contract with Stennis Space Center to Test Rocket Engines
May 5, 2020Hancock County, Mississippi – (May 5, 2020) Hancock County is forging a relationship with a second startup space company. Launcher is... #Aerospace, #Manufacturing, #Stennis Space Center, #Workforce

Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission Seeks to Build Multi-User Aerostrip
January 31, 2020Hancock County, MS (Jan. 31, 2020) – The Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission is working toward the construction of a 4000’... #Aerospace, #Capital Projects, #Community, #Military, #Stennis International Airpark, #Stennis International Airport, #Stennis Space Center, #Unmanned

Lockheed Martin expanding at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, creating 30 jobs
December 3, 2019Hancock County, MS (Dec. 3, 2019) – Global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin is expanding its operations at NASA's Stennis... #Aerospace, #Stennis Space Center, #Success Story, #Workforce

Relativity builds new autonomous rocket factory at Stennis Space Center
June 11, 2019Bay St. Louis, Mississippi (June 11, 2019) – Aerospace company Relativity is expanding its rocket component production and rocket engine testing operations... #Aerospace, #Manufacturing, #Stennis Space Center, #Success Story

Explorers Find Success in Mississippi’s Space Coast
April 5, 2019Hancock County, Mississippi, has become a preferred site for innovation and exploration HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. — The Hancock County... #Aerospace, #Community, #Manufacturing, #Newsletters, #Stennis Space Center, #Success Story, #Workforce

Hancock High grad now tests rockets that may revolutionize space travel
February 25, 2019Hancock County, Mississippi, Jon Oliver dreamed of working at Hancock County, Mississippi’s Stennis Space Center (SSC). “I... #Aerospace, #Community, #Stennis Space Center, #Workforce

Relativity Space CEO announces historic public-private partnership at Stennis Space Center
March 21, 2018Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis announces historic public-private partnership between the Los Angeles based launch company and NASA’s... #Aerospace, #Stennis Space Center, #Success Story

Lidar session held in Kiln
February 8, 2018HANCOCK COUNTY, MS – WMR-532 recently hosted a training session on the Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar (CZMIL)... #Military, #Stennis International Airport, #Stennis Space Center

Stennis already tests engines for space flights. Should they launch flights, too?
January 16, 2018One-third of Hancock County is within the buffer zone that surrounds Stennis Space Center, a factor that could help ... #Aerospace, #Stennis International Airpark, #Stennis International Airport, #Services at Stennis International Airport, #Stennis Space Center

Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission selects firm to conduct spaceport feasibility study
January 12, 2018Hancock County, Miss. – The Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission (HCPHC) has commissioned RS&H, Inc. to... #Aerospace, #Stennis International Airport, #Stennis Space Center