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George Nield

BO · American · Private · Occasional Spaceflight

Career record

Flights
1
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
10m
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0

Biography

Dr. George Nield is the president of Commercial Space Technologies, LLC, which he founded to encourage, facilitate, and promote commercial space activities. He previously served as associate administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation and was responsible for licensing and regulating all commercial launch activities. Earlier in his career, he held engineering roles at the Air Force Flight Test Center and the Orbital Sciences Corporation, and he was an assistant professor and research director at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Dr. Nield also served as the manager of the Flight Integration Office for NASA’s Space Shuttle Program.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

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