<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/q-and-a-with-jeb-stefan.php" dsn="blogs"><pubDate>04/10/2026</pubDate><title>Q&amp;A with NASA's Jeb Stefan, a Louisiana Tech engineering alumnus supporting Artemis II's Orion spacecraft</title><main-featured>true</main-featured><category-featured>true</category-featured><summary>Jeb Stefan, a two-time graduate of Louisiana Tech University, is working as part of NASA's Artemis II mission, providing engineering support to the flight control team and creating critical capabilities for the Orion spacecraft.</summary><image><img src="/news/_images/jeb-stefan-artemis-double.jpg" alt="A split image: in the top half, Jeb Stefan pitches a baseball during a Louisiana Tech University game. In the bottom half, years later, he observes a monitor while wearing a headset at NASA."/></image><tags><tag>Alumni</tag><tag>Engineering and Science</tag></tags></item>