
Nichole “Vapor” Ayers, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force Summary Nichole Ayers was selected by NASA to join the 2021 Astronaut…

Mission Operations Manager and Systems Engineer – NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Casey Swails is NASA’s deputy associate administrator, the agency’s second highest ranking civil servant and principal advisor to the deputy administrator. In this role, she helps lead overall…

Affiliation: NASA/USRA Phone: 650 604 5508 Email: a.s.borlaff@nasa.gov Title: NASA Postdoctoral Fellow Professional Biography: I studied Physics at the Universidad…

Public Engagement Lead – NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Sasha Sims is the director of the Spaceport Integration and Services (SI) organization at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center…

Mission Operations Director for Parker Solar Probe and Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), and Deputy Mission Operations Director Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter…

Editor’s note: Dr. Lal resigned from NASA in July 2023. This biography will be kept online as a historical record but…

Tom Cremins serves as the associate administrator for space security interests. In this role, he reports directly to the administrator and…

Phone: (650) 495-5187Email: Amela.Zanacic@nasa.govOrganization: Flight Systems Implementation Branch (Code SCF) Professional Background Amela Zanačić is the Branch Chief of the Flight Systems…