{"id":361909,"date":"2023-06-20T16:06:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=people&p=361909"},"modified":"2023-07-28T12:07:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:07:26","slug":"bradley-smith","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/bradley-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradley Smith"},"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=\"320\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20170421-3bi1149.jpg?w=320\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Portrait of Bradley Smith on Friday, April 21, 2017 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: (NASA\/Joel Kowsky)\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 44% 8%; object-position: 44% 8%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20170421-3bi1149.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20170421-3bi1149.jpg?resize=240,300 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" 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\">Bradley Smith<\/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\">Director of Launch Services for Space Operations<\/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>Bradley W. Smith is the Director of Launch Services within the <a href=\"\/nasa-directorates\/space-operations\/\" data-type=\"topic\">Space Operations Mission Directorate<\/a> at <a href=\"\/nasa-headquarters\/\">NASA Headquarters<\/a> in Washington. He is responsible for providing strategic guidance, policy direction, and oversight to NASA’s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/launch-services-program\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"167536\">Launch Services Program<\/a> (LSP), which manages the agency’s commercial launch service efforts placing high value scientific, weather and communication satellites, and other robotic payloads, into space for NASA and the nation’s civil sector. Additionally, he manages the agency\u2019s Flight Planning Board, ensuring timely authority to proceed is given to launch service acquisitions as well as ensuring NASA missions are deconflicted prior to going to the launch range for approval. Prior to his current position, he served as LSP\u2019s chief of staff, reporting directly to the program manager where he was responsible for LSP\u2019s commercial launch vehicle acquisition strategy and led the program’s integration into NASA\u2019s <a href=\"\/artemis\/\">Artemis<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His previous experience includes serving as directorate lead counsel to the Assistant Associate of NASA’s former Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, where he was responsible for the provision of policy and legal advice to the entire directorate, working on matters as diverse as heading up strategic sourcing initiatives, aiding in the negotiation of Soyuz seats with Roscosmos, developing policy for NASA\u2019s purchase of the Electron launch vehicle, and developing NASA\u2019s acquisition strategy for the agency\u2019s Deep Space Gateway. He also served as program counsel to LSP for over seven years. Bradley began his NASA career in 2009 with the Office of the Chief Counsel at the agency’s <a href=\"\/Kennedy\/\">Kennedy Space Center<\/a> in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has received numerous achievement and performance awards throughout his career, including the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, NASA Silver Achievement Medal, and numerous Honor Awards. He holds bachelor\u2019s degrees in political science and psychology from the University of Georgia as well as a Juris Doctor with an emphasis in space policy from the University of Mississippi School of Law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bradley W. Smith is the Director of Launch Services within the Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. 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