Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman Joins Caltech and JPL Leadership on Nov. 30
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Updated · Caltech · Oct 29
Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman Joins Caltech and JPL Leadership on Nov. 30
3 articles · Updated · Caltech · Oct 29
Summary
November 30 marks Reid Wiseman’s start as Caltech associate vice president and JPL deputy director, expanding the earlier announcement of his appointment into a broader leadership role across both institutions.
Wiseman will oversee laboratory operations, mission execution and compliance at JPL, while also helping shape long-term strategy, government and industry ties, and national security programs.
Caltech and JPL unveiled the move at an October 28 space event just before Caltech’s presidential inauguration and days ahead of JPL’s 90th anniversary on October 31.
JPL is hiring, diversifying its business base and preparing new NASA work, including the $1 billion PRIMA telescope and Earth-observation missions, giving Wiseman a major role as the lab enters its next phase.
Wiseman, a former NASA chief astronaut with 175 days in space, becomes a rare astronaut leader at JPL, a center best known for robotic deep-space missions rather than human spaceflight.