{"id":140205,"date":"2020-03-17T13:49:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T17:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-458980"},"modified":"2024-03-21T13:42:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T17:42:11","slug":"kennedy-biographies-lyons","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/kennedy-biographies-lyons\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer W. Lyons"},"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=\"1443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jenny_lyons.png?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Jenny Lyons is the deputy program manager for Launch Services Program\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 92% 2%; object-position: 92% 2%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jenny_lyons.png 1804w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jenny_lyons.png?resize=213,300 213w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jenny_lyons.png?resize=768,1083 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jenny_lyons.png?resize=726,1024 726w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jenny_lyons.png?resize=1090,1536 1090w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jenny_lyons.png?resize=1453,2048 1453w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jenny_lyons.png?resize=284,400 284w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jenny_lyons.png?resize=426,600 426w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jenny_lyons.png?resize=638,900 638w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jenny_lyons.png?resize=851,1200 851w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jenny_lyons.png?resize=1419,2000 1419w\" 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\">Jennifer W. Lyons<\/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\">Deputy 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>Jenny Lyons is the deputy program manager for the Launch Services Program at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where she is responsible for overseeing NASA\u2019s provision and management of domestic commercial launch services for robotic missions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyons 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 the Mars rover Perseverance, Parker Solar Probe, and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyons joined NASA and the Kennedy Space Center in 1988 as an operations engineer in the Shuttle Processing organization after working for Grumman Aerospace on the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) Program. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1993, she served as a member of the Space Station Redesign Team and was assigned temporarily to NASA Headquarters.\u00a0 Upon returning to Kennedy, she was chosen as the NASA Vehicle Manager (NVM) for OV-103\/Discovery. As NVM, and subsequently as the acting flow director, she was responsible for planning and management of orbiter and integrated space shuttle operations for the orbiter Discovery. She was the first woman to serve as NASA Convoy Commander (NCC) for a space shuttle landing and was the first woman to serve as the senior official for ferry flight cross-country operations of the orbiter and Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1998, she served as Kennedy\u2019s Strategic Planning Manager. In this role, she advised the Center Director and Deputy Director, as well as senior management, on Kennedy strategic planning policy, initiatives and analyses concerning present and future Kennedy operations and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2003-2004, she was the Deputy Director of Kennedy\u2019s Human Resources Office, before transitioning to the Launch Services Program (LSP).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyons served as the LSP chief of the Fleet and Systems Management Division from 2005-2020 where she led the program\u2019s technical integration of the launch vehicle fleets and missions, providing required insight and approval for independent NASA assessment of launch vehicle readiness, and launch vehicle certification.\u00a0In 2010, she chaired the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II source evaluation board, which awarded multiple contracts to meet NASA\u2019s requirements for competitive, commercial launch services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2020-2024, Lyons was the deputy manager for the Gateway Program\u2019s\u00a0Deep Space Logistics where she led the integration of commercial logistics missions to the Gateway; a unique, orbiting outpost around the Moon that will support NASA\u2019s Artemis missions to the lunar surface, as well as the agency\u2019s Moon to Mars exploration initiatives. Her responsibilities included oversight of the design, development, test and evaluation of the commercial spacecraft, launch vehicles and integration services. She led the source evaluation board for the Gateway Logistics Services (GLS) contract, which provides a recurring commercial supply and transportation capability to support crew, science, and exploration needs, while also enabling long-term commercial capabilities for deep space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyons was a recipient of a Space Flight Awareness Management Honoree Award in 2018, NASA Exceptional Service Medals in 2005 and 2018, the Kennedy Space Center Strategic Leadership Award in 2004 and 2020, NASA Exceptional Achievement Medals in 1993 and 2001, and numerous group achievement awards. Additionally, she was recognized in 2021 by the terrestrial logistics industry for her contributions to the logistics field, and 2022 as a distinguished alumni by the University of Central Florida College of Engineering and Computer Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyons received a Bachelor of Science in aerospace and ocean engineering from Virginia Tech, a Master of Science in space technology from the Florida Institute of Technology, and a Master of Science in engineering management from the University of Central Florida.<\/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>Jenny Lyons is the deputy program manager for the Launch Services Program at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where she is responsible for overseeing NASA\u2019s provision and management of domestic commercial launch services for robotic missions Lyons ensures overall mission success through leading, managing, and directing the progress of planning and acquisition of launch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":152113,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_people_facebook_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_twitter_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_instagram_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_linkedin_url":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_people_title":"Deputy Program Manager, Launch Services Program"},"categories":[2862,2668,2884],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[10283,3917],"coauthors":[8382],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebPage","headline":"Jennifer W. 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