Houston, Tx., USA - May 31, 2008, Houston, Tx., USA - Gary C. Horlacher, Jerry P. Jason, Michael L. Lammers and Royce J. Renfrew will join Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston as new directors.
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Gary C. Horlache earned a bachelor's in engineering from Purdue University in 1989 and a master's in space sciences from the University of Houston Clear Lake in 1995. Mr. Horlacher has worked in Mission Control for the space shuttle Instrumentation and Communications (INCO) discipline intermittently since 1989, beginning with Rockwell Space Operations Co. and then United Space Alliance (USA). He spent brief periods working for Hughes Information Technology Systems and for Lockheed Space Systems Co. NASA hired him in the INCO discipline in 2006. Mr. Horlacher has supported 75 space shuttle missions.
Jerry P. Jason has a bachelor's in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Technological University. Mr. Jason began work with USA in Mission Control for the space shuttle Mechanical, Maintenance, Arm and Crew Systems discipline in 1996 and NASA hired him in 1998. He supported 28 space shuttle missions. Jason served as assistant to the JSC Center Director 2006-2007 and recently was chief of the Avionics Branch within the Space Transportation Vehicle Division of the Mission Operations Directorate at JSC.
Michael L. Lammers earned a bachelor's in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University in 1996 and a master's in aerospace engineering from the University of Houston in 2004. He began work with USA as an instructor 1996 and moved to Mission Control in 2000. He has worked as both a space station Attitude Determination and Control Officer and Telemetry, Information, Transfer, and Attitude Navigation flight controller. Mr. Lammers was hired by NASA in 2004. In 2006 he was the lead for the station Communications and Tracking Officer discipline. ■
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Jerry P. Jason has a bachelor's in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Technological University. Mr. Jason began work with USA in Mission Control for the space shuttle Mechanical, Maintenance, Arm and Crew Systems discipline in 1996 and NASA hired him in 1998. He supported 28 space shuttle missions. Jason served as assistant to the JSC Center Director 2006-2007 and recently was chief of the Avionics Branch within the Space Transportation Vehicle Division of the Mission Operations Directorate at JSC.