Former Diamond Dawg baseball pitcher and MSU alumnus Matthew Ramsey is the NASA mission manager for Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed moon mission under Artemis. “For me, it’s all about the crew and ensuring their safety as they venture to the Moon and come home,” said Ramsey, a Hernando native. Ramsey pitched for the MSU baseball team before earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aerospace engineering from Mississippi’s leading research university.

Less than 1% of NASA's workforce receive this annual award, personally given by astronauts. 👏 Terry Abel, a two-time graduate of MSU’s Bagley College of Engineering is the recipient of the prestigious Silver Snoopy award from NASA, an honor given to employees and contractors for exceptional contributions to spaceflight safety and mission success. More 🔗 tinyurl.com/4h4cayhj