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Bryan K. Smith is director of Facilities, Test and Manufacturing at the NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. In this capacity, Smith is responsible for the facility infrastructure and operation of all test facilities at Glenn’s Lewis Field campus. He also is responsible for research aircraft, manufacturing, and environmental management.

Prior to this appointment, Smith served as director of Space Flight Systems from 2011 through 2020. In that role, he was responsible for the space missions assigned to the center with an annual budget of approximately $425 million. His accomplishments included formulation of the Power and Propulsion Element for Gateway and overseeing the space environmental testing of the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis program.

Smith has served in several leadership positions at NASA, including chief of Glenn’s Systems Engineering and Analysis Division and chief engineer for the NASA Engineering and Safety Center, providing analysis of NASA’s high-risk projects.

Smith began his career in 1983 at Rockwell International as a manufacturing s

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