Greg Heckler

Greg Heckler serves as the deputy program manager for capability development within NASA’s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Program. In this role, he oversees the planning and execution of technology and development initiatives to transform NASA’s communication and navigation capabilities to support human and robotic exploration across Earth, the Moon, Mars, and deep space. His work also helps strengthen the broader space industry by fostering technologies and capabilities that benefit both government and commercial space missions.

Before joining the team at NASA Headquarters, he worked as a telecommunications systems engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Early in his career, he contributed to the development of high-altitude Global Navigation Satellite Systems receiver technology and spent six years supporting the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite flight project.

Originally from Ohio and Indiana, Greg holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degrees in aerospace engineering from Purdue University.