{"id":167770,"date":"2018-02-05T16:36:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-418063"},"modified":"2024-04-29T16:08:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:08:56","slug":"michael-hess","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/michael-hess\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael G. Hess"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module align 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=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Michael G. Hess Deputy Associate Administrator for the Mission Support Directorate\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 49% 7%; object-position: 49% 7%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=1152,1536 1152w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=1536,2048 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=300,400 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=450,600 450w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=675,900 675w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=900,1200 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=1500,2000 1500w\" 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\">Michael G. Hess<\/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 Associate Administrator, Mission Support Directorate<\/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\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-18\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFollow Mike\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons social-icons-monochrome\"><li class=\"social-icon social-icon-instagram\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mike-hess-5496387\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Follow Mike on LinkedIn.\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 310 310\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M72.16 99.73H9.927c-2.762 0-5 2.239-5 5v199.928c0 2.762 2.238 5 5 5H72.16c2.762 0 5-2.238 5-5V104.73c0-2.761-2.238-5-5-5zM41.066.341C18.422.341 0 18.743 0 41.362 0 63.991 18.422 82.4 41.066 82.4c22.626 0 41.033-18.41 41.033-41.038C82.1 18.743 63.692.341 41.066.341zm189.388 94.42c-24.995 0-43.472 10.745-54.679 22.954V104.73c0-2.761-2.238-5-5-5h-59.599c-2.762 0-5 2.239-5 5v199.928c0 2.762 2.238 5 5 5h62.097c2.762 0 5-2.238 5-5V205.74c0-33.333 9.054-46.319 32.29-46.319 25.306 0 27.317 20.818 27.317 48.034v97.204c0 2.762 2.238 5 5 5H305c2.762 0 5-2.238 5-5V194.995c0-49.565-9.451-100.234-79.546-100.234z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Michael Hess was appointed Deputy Associate Administrator for Mission Support Directorate (MSD) in January 2023. In this role, he partners with the Associate Administrator to develop strategy and facilitate the delivery of NASA\u2019s institutional support functions, encompassing an annual budget of over $3.5B and a workforce of over 11,000 people. With over 30 years of NASA service, Hess\u2019 institutional knowledge allows him to be a trusted advisor to the NASA centers as MSD provides consistency and uniformity across institution capabilities and services.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his previous role, Hess served as the Deputy Director of the NASA Office of JPL Management and Oversight (NOJMO) at the agency\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). As the deputy official in charge, Hess managed the Caltech\/JPL agreement and NASA\u2019s only Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) to provide robotic exploration of the solar system, planetary science, unique astrophysics, Earth science, and operate NASA\u2019s Deep Space Network (DSN). Hess managed all aspects of the contract to ensure statutory, regulatory, and fiduciary compliance as well as strategic integration across the agency.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hess began his NASA career in 1989 as a Cooperative Employment Student at Johnson Space Center. His early technical career was spent as an Extravehicular Activity Officer planning spacewalks, training astronauts, developing space tools, and serving as a shuttle flight controller. After completing an assignment at NASA Headquarters as an Acting Program Executive for Exploration, he took on progressively more strategic leadership positions. These include working with MSD as Johnson Space Center\u2019s acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Associate Director for the center\u2019s Engineering Directorate.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2021 to 2022, Hess served as the Deputy of Safety for the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), acting as a conduit between the NESC, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA), and center SMA organizations. Hess served as Operations Integration Manager of the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) from 2018-2021, where he was responsible for leading and managing the real-time mission support during all phases of flight of NASA commercial partners (SpaceX, Boeing), including serving as the Chair of the NASA Mission Management Team.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018 Hess served a detail as the interim Johnson Space Center Associate Center Director where he helped manage one of NASA\u2019s largest installations, with nearly 14,000 civil service and contractor employees \u2014 including those at White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico \u2014 and an annual budget of approximately $5 billion. In his role as associate director, Hess oversaw a broad range of human spaceflight activities.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hess earned Bachelor of Science degrees in aerospace and mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and an executive MBA from the Naval Postgraduate School. Hess is a graduate of the Program and Project Management Development Program and the Harvard University Senior Executive Fellows Program. 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Hess Deputy Associate Administrator for the Mission Support Directorate\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 48% 10%; object-position: 48% 10%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mike-hess_0.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/michael-hess\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"display-block margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading-18 color-spacesuit-white link-underline-dashed-light border-carbon-30 margin-0 display-inline-block\">Michael Hess<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"line-height-md color-carbon-40 margin-0 padding-0 p-sm\">Deputy Associate Administrator for the Mission Support Directorate<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-card padding-right-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-meet-the-inner display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/stacy-houston\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"hds-meet-the-image padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stacy-houston.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stacy Houston serves as the Executive Officer for the Mission Support Directorate (MSD)\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); 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