{"id":390068,"date":"2023-07-26T17:20:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T21:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=people&p=390068"},"modified":"2024-04-23T20:52:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T00:52:53","slug":"norman-d-knight","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/norman-d-knight\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman D. Knight"},"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\/2024\/04\/knight-norm-2024.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 50% 13%; object-position: 50% 13%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/knight-norm-2024.jpg 3200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/knight-norm-2024.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/knight-norm-2024.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/knight-norm-2024.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/knight-norm-2024.jpg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/knight-norm-2024.jpg?resize=1638,2048 1638w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/knight-norm-2024.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/knight-norm-2024.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/knight-norm-2024.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/knight-norm-2024.jpg?resize=960,1200 960w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/knight-norm-2024.jpg?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\">Norman D. Knight<\/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, Flight Operations 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<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Flight Operations Directorate is responsible for providing trained astronaut crew members and for overall planning, directing, managing, and implementing overall mission operations for NASA human spaceflight programs. The Directorate is also responsible for all JSC aircraft operations including aircrew training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norm earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1990 and began his career at the Johnson Space Center as a Space Shuttle mechanical systems flight controller, working 40 missions in this capacity. He progressed through management roles with increasing responsibility, and in 2000, he was selected as a flight director and worked numerous International Space Station expeditions and Space Shuttle missions in that capacity. In 2009, he became the Deputy Chief of the Flight Director Office and participated in a NASA Fellowship at Harvard Business School in General Management. In 2012, Norm was selected as the Chief of the Flight Director Office and then as the Deputy Director of the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) in 2018, after serving a temporary assignment as the Assistant Associate Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. In 2021, Norm was selected as the Director of FOD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organization Websites:<br>\u203a <a href=\"\/astronauts\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"\/astronauts\/\">Astronaut Biographies<\/a><br><a href=\"\/johnson\/nasa-flight-operations-directorate\/\">\u203a FOD Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mailing Address:<br>NASA – Johnson Space Center<br>Flight Operations Directorate<br>Mailcode CA<br>2101 NASA Parkway<br>Houston, TX 77058<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Flight Operations Directorate is responsible for providing trained astronaut crew members and for overall planning, directing, managing, and implementing overall mission operations for NASA human spaceflight programs. The Directorate is also responsible for all JSC aircraft operations including aircrew training. 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