Glenn Chin

Glenn C. Chin is a NASA deputy chief in the Orion Production Operations Office for the Orion Program within the Exploration Ground Systems Office at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Prior to this position, he was supervisor and deputy manager in the Orion Production Operations Office since October 2007 and became a supervisor in 2017. His primary responsibilities are to manage the assembly, integration, test, and production flow of the Orion spacecraft; to activate and certify the NASA Orion production facilities; to design, fabricate and verify Orion factory production tooling and mechanical ground support equipment; to influence the Orion spacecraft design and processing; and to develop plans and processes to produce the Orion spacecraft.

Experience

Chin joined Kennedy Space Center in 1989 as a system engineer working in the assembly, integration, and test group that processed Spacelab modules and experiments for the Spacelab Program. In 1992, he moved on to become a payload project integration engineer for the Spacelab Program, where his primary role was technical requirements and test management. Chin transferred to the International Space Station Program in June 1996 as a lead integration and test engineer with the Space Station Hardware Integration Office that provided field support to station hardware manufacturing sites.

In July 2000, he became a NASA mission manager in the International Space Station and Spacecraft Processing Directorate. He was responsible for managing and leading a multidisciplinary team of engineers and technicians that assembled and tested the space station hardware that flew aboard the space shuttle. Chin successfully completed mission flows for space station missions STS-102/ISS-5A.1, the maiden voyage of the first multi-purpose logistics module named Leonardo; STS-105/ISS-7A.1, the second flight of Leonardo; STS-111/ISS-UF2, the third flight of Leonardo with the first station launch-on-need payload, the wrist-roll joint for the Canadian robotic manipulator system; and STS-120/ISS-10A, Node-2, completing the orbiting laboratory’s core.

Before NASA, Chin worked at the General Dynamics Corp., Electric Boat Division, as a nuclear system engineer assigned to perform sustaining engineering to commissioned U.S. Navy nuclear submarines.

Awards

Chin was awarded the NASA Silver Achievement Medal in 2015, NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 2005, and a Silver Snoopy Award in 1995.

Education

Chin graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering.

Personal

Chin was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and moved to south Florida in September 1979. He lives in Melbourne with his wife, Danilee, and their son, Matthew.

Biography last updated February 2024