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\nAhead of next Starship launch, SpaceX hires key NASA human spaceflight head<\/br>
\n2023-05-15 21:40:53<\/br><\/p>\n

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SpaceX has hired NASA\u2019s former head of human spaceflight Kathy Lueders<\/a> as the company continues to develop its Starship launch system to return humans to the moon and beyond.<\/p>\n

The news was first reported<\/a> by CNBC. According to that reporting, Lueders will work out of SpaceX\u2019s Starbase launch and rocket development facility in southeast Texas. Starbase is home to all Starship development and was the location of that vehicle\u2019s first orbital flight attempt<\/a> in April. She will report to SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell.<\/p>\n

Lueders brings with her intimate knowledge of the space agency\u2019s processes and standards for human spaceflight. The space agency announced her retirement as associate administration of Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD) at the end of March. Her career at NASA spanned more than three decades and included stints on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) programs.<\/p>\n

Lueders has been working with SpaceX for many years. As head of the SOMD, she oversaw the Cargo and Crew Dragon missions to and from the ISS, including SpaceX\u2019s first crewed mission for the agency.<\/p>\n

While SpaceX has already completed six astronaut transportation missions to and from the ISS \u2014 and thus already proven its human spaceflight heritage with NASA \u2014 the company is planning on considerably upping the ante with Starship. That launch system will eventually be used to land humans on the moon as part of NASA\u2019s Artemis program, and CEO Elon Musk also envisions it as a deep space transportation carrier that may eventually reach Mars.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/15\/ahead-of-next-starship-launch-spacex-hires-key-nasa-human-spaceflight-head\/ Ahead of next Starship launch, SpaceX hires key NASA human spaceflight head 2023-05-15 21:40:53 SpaceX has hired NASA\u2019s former head of human spaceflight Kathy Lueders as the company continues to develop its Starship launch system to return humans to the moon and beyond. The news was first reported by CNBC. 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