Amit Kshatriya

Mr. Amit Kshatriya currently serves as the Deputy Associate Administrator (DAA) for the Moon to Mars Program Office in the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate. In this role, Mr. Kshatriya directs and provides leadership and integration across all human spaceflight programs in the Agency: Space Launch System (SLS), Orion, Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), Human Landing System (HLS), Gateway, and Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility (EHP).

Mr. Kshatriya began his career in the space program in 2003 with United Space Alliance, conducting integrated verification and validation of the Cockpit Avionics Upgrade flight software and onboard abort flight manager. He then transitioned to a role in Mission Operations at JSC, conducting robotics simulation development and training of teleoperation techniques for flight crews. After serving in increasingly responsible roles in mission and flight operations throughout the ISS assembly sequence he was selected in 2014 as an ISS Flight Director, where he led global teams of hundreds of operations, engineering, and support personnel in the execution of NASA’s human spaceflight missions from the Christopher C. Kraft Mission Control Center, Houston. He served in this role until 2017, when he joined the ISS Program as the Deputy Manager of the Vehicle Office, directly supporting the ISS Vehicle Manager, ISS Program Manager, and HEOMD Associate Administrator in leadership of the engineering, risk management, and mission assurance efforts to ensure the long-term viability of the ISS Vehicle enterprise and the ISS Program.

Mr. Kshatriya holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, and a Master of Arts in Mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin. He has been decorated with the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for actions as the Lead Flight Director for the 50th Expedition to the ISS, and the Astronaut’s Personal Achievement Award (Silver Snoopy) for actions as the Lead Robotics Officer for the COTS2+/ISS Dragon Demonstration Mission