Flight Operations Directorate
The Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center touches every program and part of sending humans to space. The people who serve this program work to train astronauts in a variety of facilities on land, in spacecraft mockups, under water in NASA’s enormous Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL), and in the air in T-38 jet aircraft.
Flight Operations Leadership
Meet the Flight Operations Director
FOD is responsible for providing trained astronaut crew members and for overall planning, directing, managing, and implementing overall mission operations for NASA human spaceflight programs. FOD is also responsible for all JSC aircraft operations including aircrew training.
FOD is led by engineer Norman Knight located at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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Flight Director Applications Are Now Open!
Applications for the next class of flight directors are open now through October 12. Selected flight directors will lead human spaceflight missions to the International Space Station, Artemis missions to the Moon, and eventually the first human missions to Mars.
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Go, Flight!
NASA’s flight directors share their perspectives on supporting human spaceflight from mission control at Johnson Space Center.
Watch on YouTubeArtemis III
Artemis III will carry out a series of objectives in low Earth orbit designed to demonstrate critical systems needed for future lunar landings, beginning with Artemis IV. During the mission, the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket will launch four crew members aboard the Orion spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Current ISS Mission
Expedition 75
Click the link below to learn about Expedition 75 crew and cargo missions.
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NASA Astronaut Candidates
Meet the Platypi: NASA’s Newest Astronaut Candidate Class
Read about NASA Astronaut Group 24 and how their backgrounds and skillsets will help shape future missions to the Moon, and eventually Mars.
Join the Flight Operations Team
Learn how to become a member of this unique team which promotes America’s National interest through human space exploration.
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I Am NASA Flight Operations
Meet the people of the Flight Operations Directorate.
Official FOD YouTube ChannelBecome a FOD Intern
Are you interested in joining the next generation of NASA explorers, scientists, engineers, or technicians? A Flight Operations internship is a great place to start.
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