As the first director of NASA's newly formed Moon to Mars Programme, Amit Kshatriya, an accomplished Indian-American software and robotics engineer, will assist the agency in ensuring a long-term lunar presence necessary to get ready for humanity's next great leap to the Red Planet.
According to a statement released by NASA on Thursday, Kshatriya will take over as the organization's first head of office immediately.
According to a NASA news release, the new office seeks to carry out the organization's human exploration efforts on the Moon and Mars for the sake of mankind.
This new office will aid NASA in effectively establishing the long-term lunar presence required to get ready for humanity's next great leap to the Red Planet. The "golden era of exploration" is currently in progress," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
“The Moon to Mars Programme Office will help prepare NASA to carry out our bold missions to the Moon and land the first humans on Mars,” Nelson explained.
According to the statement, the new office is part of the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate and reports to Jim Free, the directorate's associate administrator.
The Moon to Mars Programme Office focuses on hardware development, mission integration, and risk management tasks for programmes critical to the agency's exploration approach, which uses Artemis missions at the Moon to usher in a new era of scientific discovery and get ready for manned missions to Mars, as instructed by the 2022 NASA Authorisation Act, according to a press release.
According to a NASA news release, the new office seeks to carry out the organization's human exploration efforts on the Moon and Mars for the sake of mankind.
“The golden age of exploration is happening right now, and this new office will help ensure that NASA successfully establishes a long-term lunar presence needed to prepare for humanity’s next giant leap to the Red Planet," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
“The Moon to Mars Programme Office will help prepare NASA to carry out our bold missions to the Moon and land the first humans on Mars,” Nelson explained.
According to the statement, the new office is part of the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate and reports to Jim Free, the directorate's associate administrator.
The Moon to Mars Programme Office focuses on hardware development, mission integration, and risk management tasks for programmes critical to the agency's exploration approach, which uses Artemis missions at the Moon to usher in a new era of scientific discovery and get ready for manned missions to Mars, as instructed by the 2022 NASA Authorisation Act, according to a press release.
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