ECE grad to help lead Mission Control
Radigan received his bachelor's degree in ECE in 2003 and his master's degree in 2005 from The Ohio State University.
NASA's flight directors lead teams of flight controllers, support personnel and engineering experts from around the world. They also are involved in cargo and crew vehicle integration with the station and developing plans for future exploration missions.
"These new flight directors will help us transition the knowledge and experience gained from our human spaceflight programs into the next period of ISS operations," said Chief Flight Director Norm Knight,. "This includes the development of new technologies and techniques for our exploration and commercial endeavors."
Radigan is among the next-generation of flight directors who will help carry out future of human exploration missions.
Along with fellow flight directors Amit Kshatriya and Zebulon (Zeb) Scoville, Radigan will oversee U.S. commercial cargo spacecraft and American commercial crew transports as they arrive at and depart from the space station. The trio will help ensure the crews of the orbiting laboratory have what they need to conduct scientific research that is providing real benefits to people on Earth and allowing NASA to be better prepared for long-duration exploration in deep space as it develops the Orion spacecraft and its Space Launch System heavy-lift vehicle. They also will assist crew members as they demonstrate cutting-edge technologies aboard the space station that will help take the agency deeper into our solar system than ever before.
