Huge plant being turned over to NASA

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - The former Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant will be formally turned over to NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center during a ceremony Aug. 24. Acquisition of the 1.6 million square-foot plant, which hasn't made munitions since 1990, will increase NASA's total facility space at SSC by about 33 percent. The Army plant, deactivated in 1992, today has a dozen employers, including Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, the Government Printing Office and the Department of Energy, and there's room for more operations. The ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. CDT. Participants include Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver. (Source: NASA, 08/19/11)