Media - Part 2

Aiming for orbit: CubeSat team earns national opportunity while pursuing Mississippi’s first satellite

CUBESAT team

By Camille Carskadon For members of CubeSat at Mississippi State University, the journey to space is already underway. Back in the spring, the student-led organization earned a place in the highly competitive University Nanosatellite Program, a milestone that advances its long-term goal of designing, launching and operating Mississippi’s first satellite. Along the way, students are…

October 13, 2026


Pair of MSU students named to prestigious Gateway to Ag Careers program

October 12, 2026


MSU named Mississippi’s ACE Composites Hub to train aerospace workforce

Mississippi State IDEELab

October 9, 2026


Three MSU civil engineering students recognized by American Institute of Hydrology

Contact: Chris Whitaker STARKVILLE, Miss.—Three students in Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering have been recognized by the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH) through its 2026 RISE Student Awards. Jesus Ortiz Garcia received the Graduate Student Award, Valeria Hernandez Zambrano received the Undergraduate Student Award, and Diego Galindo Cruz was named a distinguished honoree. All…

October 9, 2026


MSU Alumni Association set to celebrate 2026 Alumni Fellows during Oklahoma game weekend

Donald Ray Shirley

October 8, 2026


MSU alum Fred P. Burke commits $10M gift to MSU’s industrial engineering department

October 7, 2026


IDEELab helps young fans build cowbells on record-setting night

October 5, 2026


‘He is an institution’: Students and colleagues remember longtime aerospace engineering instructor Calvin Walker

October 2, 2026


MSU honors 20 top freshmen with Presidential Endowed Scholarships, 13 of which are BCoE

October 1, 2026


MSU alumnus Christine Powell promoted to director of NASA’s Stennis Space Center

October 1, 2026