Jared Spiers' NASA Stennis technician path, 2017-2026

In September, NASA's Career Technical Education Day was held at Stennis, where Jared Spiers shared his path with community college students and a virtual audience. The background facts place his Pearl River Community College graduation in 2017 and include a June 2026 date associated with him.

Spiers graduated from Pearl River Community College in 2017 and earned three associate degrees. He grew up near NASA's Stennis Space Center.

The facts list him both as a contractor at NASA Stennis and as a civil servant. His role is electrical engineering technician, and the record includes a June 2026 date for him.

His work includes keeping facility electronics operating, running conduit and cabling, connecting data-collecting instruments, and making sure motor valves work as intended.

The Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-1/B-2) was built to test Saturn V rocket stages. Spiers helped prepare the stand for the Green Run test series, and the facts also name NASA's SLS first core stage.

Artemis I is described as successful. Artemis II is described as a test flight with an orbit around the Moon, and NASA's Orion spacecraft carried the first astronauts to fly aboard it and traveled farther in space than humans ever have before.

NASA has a workforce directive to restore core competencies. Its stated aim is to land American astronauts on the Moon and build a Moon Base.

Spiers has family in Poplarville, Mississippi, including a six-year-old son and a younger daughter who calls him at work. Joey Spiers is a NASA civil servant and electrical engineering technician, and Brock Sheppard, Jared Spiers' brother-in-law, joined NASA as a mechanical engineering technician.

In September, NASA's Career Technical Education Day was held at Stennis. Spiers shared his path with community college students and a virtual audience.

For readers tracking the lunar industry, these facts connect technician-level work at Stennis to SLS, Orion, Artemis I and Artemis II, and to a stated Moon landing and Moon Base goal.

They also place Blue Origin's New Glenn stage testing alongside a test stand built for Saturn V rocket stages, showing NASA infrastructure tied to a commercial partnership.

The Thad Cochran Test Stand is being prepared for stage testing of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, in a commercial partnership between Blue Origin and NASA.