Overview

Gender

male

As the Vice President of Operations for Virgin Galactic, Mike oversees the commercial suborbital spaceflight program that will be operating from Spaceport America in New Mexico. He will be leading the team in all aspects of safe and successful spaceline operations, including White Knight 2 and Spaceship 2 vehicle processing, flight planning, customer training and flight crew operations.

Mike came to Virgin Galactic following a distinguished career in NASA's recently-retired Space Shuttle Program. He served at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as the Launch Integration Manager from 2008 until the landing of the final Shuttle mission in July 2011, where he led all Space Shuttle processing activities from landing through launch, and served as chair of the Mission Management Team where he provided ultimate launch decision authority. Prior to this, Mike was a Flight Director at the NASA Johnson Space Center where he led teams of Flight Controllers in the planning, training and execution of Space Shuttle missions. Before being selected as a Flight Director in 2005, Moses had over 10 years experience as a Flight Controller in the Shuttle Propulsion and Electrical Systems Groups.

Moses holds a bachelors degree in physics from Purdue University, a masters degree in space sciences from Florida Institute of Technology and a masters degree in aerospace engineering from Purdue University. He is a two-time recipient of the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal as well as other NASA commendations and awards.