Rockville, Maryland, United States
Responsible for: The Rocket Propulsion Testing Program, which serves as the principal implementing body for NASA's rocket propulsion testing. The Program Office is located at Stennis Space Center and sponsors and maintains facilities at Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station, Marshall Space Flight Center, Stennis Space Center, and Johnson Space Center's White Sands Test Facility. The Human Space Flight Operations program, which supports the training, readiness, and health of crewmembers before, during, and after each spaceflight mission to the International Space Station. All crews on board the Space Station have undergone rigorous preparation, which is critical to mission success. The HSFO program includes the Space Flight Crew Operations element and the Crew Health and Safety element. – Space Flight Crew Operations directs and manages flight crew activities, selects astronaut candidates, recommends flight crew assignments, and maintains all aircraft, including the fleet of T-38 high performance aircraft used for astronaut spaceflight readiness training. In addition, it ensures that spaceflight readiness training requirements continue to support Space Station operations, exploration, and commercial development. – Crew Health and Safety enables healthy and productive crew during all phases of spaceflight missions (training, in-flight, and post flight recovery), implements a comprehensive astronaut occupational health care program, and works to prevent and mitigate negative long-term health consequences from exposure to the spaceflight environment. The Michoud Assembly Facility, which is located in New Orleans and is a world-class manufacturing facility supporting the Exploration Mission. Capabilities include the manufacture and assembly of critical hardware components for the new Space Launch System.
Major programs: 1. Advanced Technology Program 2. Human Research Program 3. International Space Station Basic Research in Life and Physical Sciences 4. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter flight program to survey the Moon
Responsible for managing NASA’s Technology Commercialization and Small Business Innovation Research programs