Partners For Stennis & Michoud

05/29/2026

Pictured left to right are Chris Jung, an engineering student at Ole Miss, Kate Daly, an engineering student from Tulane University, Tish Williams, Executive Director of Partners for Stennis & Michoud with Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), Michael McDaniel, General Manager, L3Harris at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, and John Masaveg, Deputy Director, Stennis and MAF at Lockheed Martin.

They joined a delegation from Mississippi and Louisiana in Washington, D.C., meeting with members of Congress and their staff to advocate for full funding of NASA’s budget and continued investment in human space exploration.

Partners for Stennis & Michoud continues to proudly represent Hancock County.

05/20/2026

This week members of Partners for Stennis & Michoud hit the Hill as part of a national coalition, Citizens for Space Exploration. They met with 14 Congressional Offices from LA and MS to advocate fot a fully funded NASA budget and express appreciation to our Congressional Delegation for their unwavering support. Thanks to our team, Michael McDaniel of L3Harris, John Masaveg of Lockheed Martin, Tish Williams of Partners, Chris Jung from Ole Miss, and Kate Daly from Tulane.

05/08/2026

Port Air Space Day in the Bay returns November 14th—save the date!

04/01/2026

HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- All eyes will be on the skies this evening for the anticipated launch of Artemis II in Florida, and South Mississippi has played a major role in getting the Artemis program to this point. As we’ve reported from time to time over the past few years, Stennis Space Cente...

04/01/2026

🚀 As we all know, you have to go through Hancock County to get to space. And the day is here—WE ARE GOING! 🚀

Link to watch the NASA live broadcast in comments.

04/01/2026

The launch team at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are GO to begin filling the Artemis II rocket with fuel.

The official launch broadcast begins at 12:50 p.m. EDT (1650 UTC). Liftoff is scheduled for no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 UTC). Tanking coverage can be found here:

This feed will provide continuous coverage of Artemis II mission activities with live commentary, beginning with tanking of the SLS (Space Launch System) roc...

03/31/2026

Countdown has started for launch.

The launch control team recently arrived at their stations and the official countdown for the launch of the Artemis II mission began at 4:44 p.m. EDT (2044 UTC). Teams will begin methodically going through the launch countdown checklist to prepare for the liftoff of the crewed lunar mission — currently scheduled for no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 UTC) on Wednesday, April 1.

The forecast shows an 80% chance of favorable weather conditions.

The countdown for NASA’s Artemis II test flight is underway at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with members of the launch

02/23/2026

As soon as Tuesday, Feb. 24, we will roll our Moon rocket for Artemis II mission off the launch pad, weather pending. Engineers are continuing to prepare for the move after encountering an issue with the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage. Details: https://go.nasa.gov/4tFWCMK

01/22/2026

We are approximately one hour away from today’s scheduled RS-25 engine test on the Fred Haise Test Stand.

The test of RS-25 engine No. 2063 has a planned duration of five minutes (300 seconds) with a maximum 109% power level.

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01/22/2026

Capitol Day in Jackson was a great opportunity to share why we advocate for the robust funding of the NASA budget. Thanks to NASA’s Stennis Space Center Director John Bailey for the update and to members of the Coast Legislative Delegation for their support. Our citizens play a key role in getting us to the moon, Mars and beyond. Thanks to our sponsors
We are going!