{"id":96758,"date":"2022-02-28T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T22:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-477650"},"modified":"2024-01-01T12:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T17:15:55","slug":"catherine-koerner-associate-administrator-for-exploration-systems-development","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/catherine-koerner-associate-administrator-for-exploration-systems-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Koerner"},"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=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image16.jpg?w=512\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Cathy Koerner is deputy associate administrator of the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image16.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image16.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image16.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image16.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image16.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image16.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image16.jpg?resize=400,400 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" 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\">Catherine Koerner<\/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\">Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development<\/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>Catherine Koerner is the associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. She is responsible for the development of NASA\u2019s Moon to Mars architecture, defining and managing the systems development for Artemis missions, and planning for integrated deep space exploration approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koerner was formerly the deputy associate administrator for the mission directorate, \u202fproviding leadership and management of human spaceflight development and operations related to NASA\u2019s Moon and Mars exploration goals. She was responsible for establishing and defining future space exploration architectures while overseeing development of new space transportation systems and supporting capabilities that are critical for human-led\u202fdeep space exploration and scientific research.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to her position at NASA Headquarters, Koerner was NASA\u2019s Orion Program manager at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where she was responsible for\u202foversight of design, development, and testing of the Orion spacecraft.\u202fBefore leading the Orion Program, Koerner served as the director of Human Health and Performance Directorate, focusing on enhancing crew health and performance and mitigating risks associated with human spaceflight. The core capabilities in the directorate include space and clinical operations; biomedical research and environmental sciences; human systems engineering and development; strategic planning, benchmarking, collaboration, and open innovation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a former NASA flight director at NASA Johnson, Koerner led teams in mission control during space shuttle and International Space Station missions. She also previously held several leadership positions within the space station program during its assembly phase and managed NASA\u2019s cargo resupply services contracts for it, helping foster a commercial space industry in low Earth orbit. Before joining Johnson in 1991, she worked at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where her career with the agency began as a mission design engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koerner earned her Bachelor of Science\u202fand Master\u202fof Science degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has received numerous awards including a Presidential Rank Award in 2019, two Outstanding Leadership Medals (2006, 2013), NASA\u2019s Exceptional Service Medal (2007), Johnson\u2019s Center Director Commendation (2017) and numerous Group Achievement Awards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine Koerner is the associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. 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