Vanessa E. Wyche

Director Johnson Space Center

Vanessa Wyche is the director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, home to America’s astronaut corps, Mission Control Center, International Space Station, Orion, and Moon Base programs.

Her responsibilities include a broad range of human spaceflight activities, including development and operation of human spacecraft and NASA astronaut selection and training. Director Wyche also oversees NASA Johnson’s activities supporting the commercialization of low Earth orbit, supporting the agency’s needs following the transition from the International Space Station in 2030, and led the center’s programs supporting the exploration of the Moon and Mars, including surface system capabilities for human and commercial robotic missions, as well as simulated missions for crews on Mars.

Director Wyche is a passionate promoter of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and serves as a member of American Institute of Physics Foundation board of trustees, Clemson University’s College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences advisory board, and is a past chair of the Space Center Houston board of directors.