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INFINITY Science Center
Clermont Harbor
Port-Air-Space Day
Pearlington-Clermont Harbor
Lakeshore-Ansley
Located in the southwest corner of the
and the largest of its kind in America.
county, the small town of Pearlington is
Stennis is also headquarters to the
hidden away among the live oak trees
Naval Meteorology and Oceanography
and stately pines with lovely homes and
Command, the National Data Buoy
riverside fishing camps.
Center, and 50 resident agencies.
Bordering NASA’s Stennis Space
Hosted each November by Partners
Center, Pearlington benefits from the
for Stennis & Michoud, Port-Air-Space
center’s protected buffer zone, where
Day celebrates Hancock County’s
restricted access has helped preserve
proud legacy in aerospace, maritime
the area’s quiet character and abundant
technology, and the innovations that
native wildlife for generations.
have connected this community to
Today, Pearlington is home to INFINITY
missions around the world.
Science Center, a learning experience
Other unincorporated areas of
and visitor center that is right off
Hancock County offering a peaceful
Interstate 10 outside the gates of
respite can be found at Clermont
NASA’s Stennis Space Center, NASA’s
Harbor and the Lakeshore-Ansley
primary rocket propulsion test site
community.
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