Stennis Space Center(@NASAStennis):Celebrating 65 Years: The 1960s On October 25, 2026, we hit a major milestone – 65 years since NASA announced it would build a rocket propulsion test site in Hancock County, Mississippi. History is still being written today as NASA progresses forward with the Artemis program to return American astronauts to the Moon and build a Moon Base to support an enduring human presence on the lunar surface. This look back at the 1960s features: ➡️ President John F. Kennedy setting the national goal of sending humans to the Moon and returning them safely ➡️ Site construction to begin Mississippi’s largest construction project at the time ➡️ Saturn V rocket stage testing that carried humans to the Moon during Apollo

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Celebrating 65 Years: The 1960s On October 25, 2026, we hit a major milestone – 65 years since NASA announced it would build a rocket propulsion test site in Hancock County, Mississippi. History is still being written today as NASA progresses forward with the Artemis program to return American astronauts to the Moon and build a Moon Base to support an enduring human presence on the lunar surface. This look back at the 1960s features: ➡️ President John F. Kennedy setting the national goal of sending humans to the Moon and returning them safely ➡️ Site construction to begin Mississippi’s largest construction project at the time ➡️ Saturn V rocket stage testing that carried humans to the Moon during Apollo