Michael U. Rudolphi has been named Deputy Center
Director for NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center in south
Mississippi, effective in November after the next Space
Shuttle launch, STS-113. As Deputy Director, Rudolphi will
support Center Director William W. Parsons in managing
NASA’s rocket propulsion test capabilities and Earth Science
applications.
Rudolphi has served as Manager, Reusable Solid Rocket Motor
Project, at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama, since
January 2000. “Michael’s selection supports the ‘One NASA’
initiative, and it will enhance the long standing
partnership between Stennis and Marshall. It also promotes
senior executive mobility within the agency,” said NASA’s
Associate Administrator for Space Flight, William F. Readdy.
Rudolphi began his career with NASA at Marshall in 1988 as
Facility Manager for the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Project
in Luka, Miss. He managed the design, construction and
operation of an ultra-modern $700 million rocket
manufacturing facility.
Prior to that, Rudolphi was on special assignment to the
Solid Rocket Booster Project (SRB) managing the resident
office at the contractor plant at the Kennedy Space Center
in Florida. He also served as Project Manager, SRB, from
March 1999 to January 2000.
“Stennis is a unique federal and commercial city comprised
of NASA and 30 other resident federal, state, academic and
private organizations,” Readdy said. “I am pleased Michael
Rudolphi will serve at Stennis as one of the NASA’s key
leaders.”
Additional information about the Stennis Space Flight Center
is available at: http://www.ssc.nasa.gov.
