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NASA Selects Commercial Crew Program Manager
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has
selected Kathy Lueders as program manager for the agency's Commercial
Crew Program (CCP). Lueders, who has served as acting program manager
since October 2013, will help keep the nation's space program on
course to launch astronauts from American soil by 2017 aboard
spacecraft built by American companies.
"This is a particularly critical time for NASA's human spaceflight
endeavors as the Commercial Crew Program enters into contract
implementation," said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator
for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at
NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Kathy's experience and leadership
skills developed during the ISS commercial resupply contract activity
will be critical to safely and effectively leading commercial crew
transportation activities for NASA."
Lueders, who will be assigned to the agency's Kennedy Space Center in
Florida, previously served as the International Space Station
Program's transportation integration manager, where she managed
commercial cargo resupply services to the space station. Lueders also
was responsible for NASA oversight of international partner spacecraft
visiting the space station, including the European Space Agency's
Automated Transfer Vehicle, the Japanese Space Agency's H-II Transfer
Vehicle, and the Russian Federal Space Agency's Soyuz and Progress
spacecraft.
"It's exciting to think that I'll be continuing to utilize my
background and leadership experience with the International Space
Station to help the Commercial Crew Program team and our industry
partners execute the next phase," said Lueders.
Lueders began her NASA career at the White Sands Test Facility in New
Mexico in 1992, where she managed the Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering
System and Reaction Control Systems Depot. She served in numerous
positions in the space station program, including the deputy manager
for station logistics and maintenance, the vehicle systems integration
manager, and the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
integration manager.
Lueders has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the
University of New Mexico and a Bachelor of Science and Master of
Science in Industrial Engineering from New Mexico State University.
For more information on NASA's Commercial Crew Program, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
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