The John F. Kennedy Space Center,located on Merritt Island,Florida,is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers. Since December 1968,KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of human spaceflight. Launch operations for the Apollo,Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida,KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS). The management of the two entities work very closely together,share resources and operate facilities on each other's property.
David Cornell Leestma is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy.
Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko,,is an American aerospace engineer,retired U.S. Air Force officer,test pilot,and a former USAF and NASA astronaut. Bobko was the first graduate of the US Air Force Academy to travel in space.
Captain Donald Edward Williams was an American naval officer and aviator,test pilot,mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. He logged a total of 287 hours and 35 minutes in space.
Nancy Jan Davis is a former American astronaut. A veteran of three space flights,Davis logged over 673 hours in space. She is now retired from NASA.
Michael Allen Baker is a retired captain in the United States Navy,former NASA astronaut,and the International Space Station Program Manager for International and Crew Operations,at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He is responsible for the coordination of program operations,integration and flight crew training and support activities with the International Partners.
Robert Donald Cabana is the Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),a NASA astronaut,and a veteran of four Space Shuttle flights. He served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1994 to 1997 and as director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center from 2008 to 2021. He is also a former naval flight officer and naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps.
George David Low was an American aerospace executive and a NASA astronaut. He was born in 1956 to George M. Low,the Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office and,later,the 14th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. With undergraduate degrees in physics and mechanical engineering and a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics,he worked in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the California Institute of Technology in the early 80's,before being picked as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1984. In addition to holding some technical assignments,he logged more than 700 hours in space,before he left NASA in 1996 to pursue a career in the private sector.
{{Infobox astronaut | name =Michael J. McCulley | other_names =Michael James McCulley | image =Astronaut_michael_mcculley.jpg | type =NASA Astronaut | nationality =American | status =Retired | birth_date =August 4,1943 | birth_place =[[Livingston,Tennessee],U.S. | occupation =Naval aviator,test pilot,engineer | alma_mater =Purdue University,B.S. and M.S. 1970 | rank = Captain,USN | selection =1984 NASA Group 10 | time =4d 23h 39m | mission =STS-34 | insignia = | Date of ret =October 1990 | awards = |}}
Bryan Daniel O'Connor is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA astronaut. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2008.
Charles Joseph Precourt is a retired NASA astronaut. His career in flight began at an early age,and spans his entire lifetime. He served in the US Air Force,piloted numerous jet aircraft,and piloted and commanded the Space Shuttle. Notably,he piloted or commanded several missions which involved docking with the Russian Mir space station and was heavily involved in Russian/US Space relations as well as the International Space Station collaboration. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1998 to 2002. He retired from the USAF with the rank of colonel.
William Francis Readdy is a former Associate Administrator of the Office of Space Flight,at NASA Headquarters.
Steven Lee Smith,is an American technology executive and former NASA astronaut,being a veteran of four space flights covering 16 million miles and seven spacewalks totaling 49 hours and 25 minutes. Smith’s spacewalk time places him in the top ten on the all-time American and World spacewalk duration lists.
Paul Sean Hill was the Director of Mission Operations at the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston,Texas. He was formerly a Flight Director in the Mission Control Center for Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions under the call sign "Atlas".
Miguel Rodríguez is the Chief of the Integration Office of the Cape Canaveral Spaceport Management Office.
John F. Muratore is an American engineer,former professor of Aviation Systems at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma,Tennessee and currently a senior director at Kairos Power. He is a former NASA engineer-project manager and launch director at SpaceX. He is well known in the aerospace circles for his gregarious and unconventional style and use of rapid spiral development to reduce cost and schedule for introducing technical innovations.
LeRoy Edward Cain is an American aerospace engineer who worked for NASA as a flight director,launch integration manager and deputy manager of the Space Shuttle Program. Cain may be best known to the public from footage and documentaries showing his work as the entry flight director for STS-107,the mission that ended in the catastrophic disintegration of Space Shuttle Columbia,February 1,2003. Cain issued the famous "Lock the doors" command,initiating contingency procedures in mission control for the first time since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster 17 years earlier.
Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro was an Argentine-born American scientist and NASA astronaut.
William H. Gerstenmaier is an aerospace engineer and policymaker who is Vice President,Build and Flight Reliability at SpaceX. He previously served as NASA's Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations between 2005 and July 10,2019. While in that role,he was described as "arguably the most influential person when it comes to US spaceflight." Prior to being Associate Administrator,Gerstenmaier served as the International Space Station Office Program Manager,at Johnson Space Center,a position he began in June 2002. He spent a total of four decades with NASA.
Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. is former Acting Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),serving from January 20,2017 until April 23,2018. Succeeding Charles Bolden,Lightfoot became the space agency's acting Associate Administrator on March 5,2012. That job became permanent on September 25,2012. He had previously served as the eleventh Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,Alabama,from March 2009 until his promotion in March 2012. On March 12,2018 he announced his retirement from NASA effective April 30,2018.
