{"id":96082,"date":"2021-05-12T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-470950"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:07:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:07:58","slug":"philip-mcalister","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/philip-mcalister\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip McAlister"},"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=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mcalister.jpeg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Official portrait of Phil McAlister at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 45% 22%; object-position: 45% 22%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mcalister.jpeg 2400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mcalister.jpeg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mcalister.jpeg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mcalister.jpeg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mcalister.jpeg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mcalister.jpeg?resize=1638,2048 1638w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mcalister.jpeg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mcalister.jpeg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mcalister.jpeg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mcalister.jpeg?resize=960,1200 960w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mcalister.jpeg?resize=1600,2000 1600w\" 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\">Philip McAlister<\/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 the Commercial Spaceflight Division 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>Philip McAlister joined NASA in 2005, and is currently the director of the Commercial Spaceflight Division at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasa-headquarters\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"176808\">NASA Headquarters <\/a>in Washington where he advises NASA about issues pertaining to the design, development, and demonstration and services of commercial spaceflight spacecrafts, systems, and capabilities. McAlister oversees multiple programs at NASA: the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/commercial-space\/commercial-crew-program\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"167100\">Commercial Crew Program<\/a>, including the Suborbital Crew project; the\u00a0Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program, which includes private astronaut missions to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/\">International Space Station<\/a> and the development of new commercial space destinations; and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization NASA has contracted to manage the International Space Station National Laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to this assignment, McAlister oversaw the successful\u00a0commercial cargo systems\u00a0(i.e.,\u00a0Commercial Orbital Transportation Services), which facilitated the development of the SpaceX <a href=\"\/humans-in-space\/spaceships-and-rockets\/commercial-cargo-spacecraft\/#DragonCargo\">Dragon<\/a> and Northrop Grumman (previously Orbital Sciences) <a href=\"\/humans-in-space\/spaceships-and-rockets\/commercial-cargo-spacecraft\/#Cygnus\">Cygnus<\/a> cargo transportation systems.\u00a0He also served as the executive director for the \u201cReview of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee\u201d (also known as the Augustine Committee). In 2010, he earned NASA\u2019s Exceptional Service Medal.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to NASA, he was a director at Futron Corporation where he managed a division that performed aerospace business analysis and technology assessments.\u00a0Before joining Futron, he served as a senior manager during a 10-year career at TRW Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McAlister earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Averett University, a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering from George Mason University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Sciences from the University of Maryland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philip McAlister joined NASA in 2005, and is currently the director of the Commercial Spaceflight Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington where he advises NASA about issues pertaining to the design, development, and demonstration and services of commercial spaceflight spacecrafts, systems, and capabilities. 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