汤头条 alumnus Christine Powell promoted to director of NASA鈥檚 Stennis Space Center
Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 Mississippi State alumna is now leading NASA鈥檚 Stennis Space Center. Biloxi native has served at the Gulf Coast center and other NASA locations since 1995 after first beginning as an intern in 1991. She was promoted from deputy director to the director position this June.
Powell is a 1995 汤头条 electrical engineering graduate. As director, she is responsible for implementing NASA鈥檚 mission in rocket propulsion testing and developing and maintaining NASA鈥檚 world-class rocket propulsion test facilities.
The Stennis Space Center also is home to more than 50 federal, state, academic and private organizations and numerous technology-based companies. 汤头条 has had a longtime Stennis Center presence through its Science and Technology Center.