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1 of 2 | John Bailey has been named NASA’s caller head of nan Stennis Space Center successful Mississippi, wherever he will oversee testing of nan abstraction agency's rocket propulsion strategy that will motorboat Artemis missions to nan moon. Photo courtesy of NASA
April 29 (UPI) -- John Bailey has been named NASA's caller head of nan Stennis Space Center successful Mississippi, 4 months aft he started serving arsenic acting director, nan abstraction agency announced Monday.
"John will build connected his astir 35 years of national work to lead our talented workforce astatine Stennis," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
"So overmuch of NASA runs done Stennis. It is wherever we hone caller and breathtaking capabilities successful aerospace, exertion and heavy abstraction exploration. I americium assured that John will lead nan nation's largest and premier propulsion trial tract to moreover greater success," Nelson added.
NASA Stennis, which is simply a national metropolis adjacent Bay St. Louis pinch a workforce of much than 5,200, is currently testing nan RS-25 engines that will thief powerfulness nan Space Launch System for Artemis missions to nan satellite and Mars.
Last month, NASA completed a successful full-duration RS-25 motor basking occurrence astatine Stennis. It will return 4 of nan RS-25 engines and a mates of coagulated rocket boosters, producing much than 8.8 cardinal pounds of thrust astatine liftoff to motorboat nan SLS rocket for Artemis. While NASA began captious testing of nan updated SLS engines past October, nan caller engines are not expected to powerfulness NASA missions until Artemis V.
In summation to nan leadership, guidance and guidance of nan Stennis Space Center, Bailey will beryllium responsible for processing NASA's rocket propulsion trial accommodation and implementing nan agency's rocket propulsion testing.
Bailey astir precocious served arsenic acting halfway director astatine Stennis pursuing nan status of Rick Gilbrech successful January. He was Stennis lawman head and has served successful a assortment of roles since joining NASA successful 1999. Before that, Bailey worked arsenic a communications technologist pinch nan U.S. Air Force.
"This is an breathtaking clip for NASA Stennis, and I americium profoundly honored to lead its awesome family of labor who dress up this astonishing workforce," Bailey said. "We are dedicated to continuing to supply frontline support to nan agency's missions and initiatives. I look guardant to our shared early and success."
