{"id":168159,"date":"2020-10-16T14:38:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T18:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-465536"},"modified":"2024-02-08T07:31:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T12:31:25","slug":"kennedy-biographies-mosedale","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/kennedy-biographies-mosedale\/","title":{"rendered":"Wes Mosedale"},"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=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ksc-20230322-ph-kls02-0008.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"A photo of Kennedy Space Center's Wes Mosedale with the Vehicle Assembly Building in the background.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 64% 52%; object-position: 64% 52%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ksc-20230322-ph-kls02-0008.jpg 4480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ksc-20230322-ph-kls02-0008.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ksc-20230322-ph-kls02-0008.jpg?resize=768,1152 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ksc-20230322-ph-kls02-0008.jpg?resize=683,1024 683w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ksc-20230322-ph-kls02-0008.jpg?resize=1024,1536 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ksc-20230322-ph-kls02-0008.jpg?resize=1365,2048 1365w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ksc-20230322-ph-kls02-0008.jpg?resize=267,400 267w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ksc-20230322-ph-kls02-0008.jpg?resize=400,600 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ksc-20230322-ph-kls02-0008.jpg?resize=600,900 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ksc-20230322-ph-kls02-0008.jpg?resize=800,1200 800w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ksc-20230322-ph-kls02-0008.jpg?resize=1333,2000 1333w\" 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\">Wes Mosedale<\/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\">Senior NASA Test Director, Exploration Ground Systems<\/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>Wes Mosedale is a senior test director with NASA\u2019s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Prior to this, he was the technical assistant to the Artemis I launch director, assisting the launch director in the technical coordination of launch-related content with the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, as well as the integration of launch-related requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He began his career at Kennedy with United Space Alliance in 2003 as an engineer for the space shuttle orbiter and solid rocket booster hydraulic systems. In 2008, he became a civil servant, working as a NASA test director in the Shuttle Launch and Landing office. He stepped into his current role in Aug. 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mosedale graduated from Manteo High School in Manteo, North Carolina, in 1998. He has a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University and a Master of Science in engineering management from the University of Central Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mosedale currently lives in Merritt Island, Florida, with his wife, Stephanie, and two daughters, Madison and Bailey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Biography last updated February 2024<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wes Mosedale is a senior test director with NASA\u2019s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 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