{"id":522240,"date":"2023-09-26T09:47:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=people&p=522240"},"modified":"2024-03-21T09:55:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:55:12","slug":"albert-sierra","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/albert-sierra\/","title":{"rendered":"Albert Sierra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/albert-sierra.jpeg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"A portrait of Kennedy Space Center's Albert Sierra.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 94% 18%; object-position: 94% 18%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/albert-sierra.jpeg 2601w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/albert-sierra.jpeg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/albert-sierra.jpeg?resize=768,1154 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/albert-sierra.jpeg?resize=681,1024 681w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/albert-sierra.jpeg?resize=1022,1536 1022w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/albert-sierra.jpeg?resize=1363,2048 1363w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/albert-sierra.jpeg?resize=266,400 266w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/albert-sierra.jpeg?resize=399,600 399w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/albert-sierra.jpeg?resize=599,900 599w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/albert-sierra.jpeg?resize=798,1200 798w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/albert-sierra.jpeg?resize=1331,2000 1331w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Albert Sierra<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">Program Manager, Launch Services Program<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Albert Sierra is the program manager for the Launch Services Program (LSP) at NASA\u2019s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where he is responsible for overseeing NASA\u2019s provision and management of domestic commercial launch services for robotic missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sierra ensures overall mission success through leading, managing, and directing the progress of planning and acquisition of launch services, expendable launch vehicle engineering and analysis, mission integration, launch vehicle production, launch site processing, launch campaigns, and launch. LSP is responsible for launching the nation\u2019s most prized scientific and robotic spacecraft, such as Psyche, NASA\u2019s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, Mars rover Perseverance, Parker Solar Probe, and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite series. Prior to his current position, he served as the program\u2019s deputy program manager. Sierra has been employed with NASA for 34 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sierra started his career with NASA in 1990 as a mechanical engineer for the Space Shuttle Program, with responsibility for various mechanical systems on the space shuttle orbiter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1996, his career path transitioned to commercial launch vehicles, and he has worked in this field since then. Sierra had the opportunity to work for a year at NASA Headquarters in the Space Operations Mission Directorate and the Science Mission Directorate, further expanding his knowledge of space science missions, space policy, federal budget processes, and NASA program directives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2008 to 2022, Sierra served as the chief of the Flight Projects Office for the LSP. This office provides mission management of the launch service across NASA\u2019s commercial launch fleet through various contracts. In this position, Sierra interfaced with various NASA centers, programs, and projects that required commercial launch services. He also managed a team of fifteen mission managers supporting over 70 primary and advisory missions in various lifecycle phases and management of the CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI). During his tenure, the mission managers, under his direction, managed and launched 46 successful NASA\u2019s scientific robotic primary missions and over 140 CSLI CubeSat missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, Sierra led and chaired the Source Evaluation Board for the Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support 3 (ELVIS 3) contract, successfully awarding a support services contract that supplies engineering, analysis, communications\/telemetry, and administrative services to LSP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sierra previously held various positions within LSP, including Mechanical and Propulsion Branch chief, mission manager, integration engineer, and mechanical and propulsion engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sierra graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering and obtained a Master of Science degree in management in 1994 from the Florida Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Biography last updated March 2024<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albert Sierra is the program manager for the Launch Services Program (LSP) at NASA\u2019s John F. 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