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ryan sheppard irdium
September 7, 2022

Ryan Shepperd

Ryan Shepperd is the Mission Planning and Orbital Analysis, SSA Lead at Iridium Working on the Iridium program for 21 years as a navigation, guidance, and control engineer in orbital analysis and mission planning, Ryan…
Michael Barber
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September 6, 2022

Richard “Rich” DalBello

Richard DalBello is currently the Director of the Office of Space Commerce.  In this role, he is responsible for managing the Department’s efforts to establish a space traffic control system to ensure safe space operations…
Michael Barber
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September 6, 2022

Sandra “Sandy” Magnus

Dr. Sandra H. “Sandy” Magnus is employed by MITRE acting in the capacity of a “temporary government employee” as the Chief Engineer for the Traffic Coordination System for Space in the Office of Space Commerce…
Michael Barber
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August 30, 2022

Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa was the Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX from 2013 until her retirement in May 2018.  She became the first Latina to go to space when she flew on a nine-day mission…
Michael Barber
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August 17, 2022

Gwynne Shotwell

As President and COO of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell is responsible for day-to-day operations and managing all customer and strategic relations to support company growth. She joined SpaceX in 2002 as vice president of Business Development…
Michael Barber
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August 4, 2022

Kathleen Connor Howell

Professor Kathleen Connor Howell is the Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the College of Engineering at Purdue University. She earned her B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University; her…
Lawrence Garrett
August 2, 2022

Bryan K. Smith

Bryan K. Smith is director of Facilities, Test and Manufacturing at the NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. In this capacity, Smith is responsible for the facility infrastructure and operation of all test facilities at…
Lawrence Garrett
July 28, 2022

Kathy Laurini

Kathy Laurini works for Dynetics in roles that include human spaceflight strategy and Human Landing System design and development. She is also leading the Dynetics HLS commercialization strategy development. During her 35-year NASA career, Ms.…
Kevin Hastings