# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-greene
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:59:09.731Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-greene"
name: "Jay Greene"
slug: "jay-greene"
description: "Jay Henry Greene was an American engineer who worked in various roles at NASA. Between 2000 and 2004, he served as Chief Engineer at Johnson Space Center, where his role consisted primarily of advising the Center Director. He worked as a FIDO flight controller during the Apollo Program and a flight director from 1982 to 1986, and as ascent flight director during the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster."
tagline: "NASA engineer (1942–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jay_greene_big.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1942-05-17"
deathDate: "2017-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.160225333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "傑伊·格林"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "جاي غريني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "جاى جرينى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%82%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جی قرین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Greene"
    title: "Jay Greene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Greene"
    title: "Jay Greene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Greene"
    title: "Jay Greene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6166664"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump