Vanessa E. Wyche

Vanessa E. Wyche che ẹnẹ American ki che engineer manyu civil servant ki d'ọmọ ach'ukọlọ uña akoji associate administrator nwu NASA kw'ọdọ 2025. Wyche ch'ukọlọ uña Director nwu NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC). Ẹnẹ ki dọmọ ach'ukọlọ kpai NASA efu ọdọ ogwu-ẹgwa tule, Wyche la ñọ ch'ukọlọ uña arọne Director kpai Lead Engineer nwu JSC.

 Abakwanẹ Ọlayi nwu kpai Ukọchẹ 
Wyche became interested in science at an early age and had parents who supported her interests in science. She grew up in Conway, South Carolina. When she was a junior in high school, she attended the Governor's School for top students. In 1981, she started attending Clemson University. Wyche holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Materials Engineering and a Master’s of Science in Bioengineering from Clemson.

 Career 
Wyche began her career at the Food and Drug Administration. Her career with NASA began in 1989. Wyche also served as a Project Manager within the Space and Life Sciences Directorate, where she was responsible for the development and use of suites of hardware systems for medical and microgravity experiments on the space shuttle and the International Space Station. She has led a team of 400 engineers and scientists that are working on how to send human explorers to Mars. She has also worked as the director of the Exploration Integration and Science Directorate at the Johnson Space Center.  On August 8, 2018, Vanessa Wyche was selected as the Johnson Space Center Deputy Director. The Johnson Space Center is home to America's astronaut corps, Mission Control Center, International Space Station mission operations, Orion and Gateway programs, and future space developments. Wyche is responsible for a range of human spaceflight activities, which includes development of human spacecraft, NASA astronaut selection and training, and mission control. She oversees commercialization of low-Earth orbit, and leads the Johnson Space Center's role in exploring the Moon and Mars with NASA's Artemis spacecraft. With Wyche serving as the director for Johnson Space Center, Johnson was recognized by Forbes and Statista as the Number 1 best employer among Texas' major employers.

 Awards and recognition 
Wyche has received the following awards:

 NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
 Two NASA Achievement Medals
 Rotary Stellar Nomination
 Women@NASA Awardee (2014)
 “Women Worth Watching” honoree (2016)
 Inducted into Thomas Green Clemson Academy of Engineers and Scientists at Clemson University (2019)

 Personal life 
Wyche is married to George Wyche Jr. Esq., has one son, and currently lives in Houston.

 References 

 External links 

 60 Seconds With a NASA Bioengineer: Vanessa Wyche (2016 video)
 Coastal Carolina University-2017 Inspiring Woman From South Carolina