Kathy Lueders
American scientist and astronaut · United States · On the map · Scientists
Kathryn Lueders is an American engineer and business manager. Lueders has led NASA's human spaceflight program as the Associate Administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. She became the first woman to head human spaceflight.
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She was the program manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program and oversaw the return of human spaceflight capabilities to NASA. She worked at SpaceX as Starbase General Manager from May 2023 until her retirement in May 2025. She is separately Vice Chair of the Texas Space Commission and an advisor to Vast Space.
