Overview

• Acting Administrator Sean P. Duffy announced the selection on Sept. 3, placing the 20-year agency veteran in NASA’s top civil service role.
• Kshatriya previously served as deputy for the Moon to Mars Program within the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate at headquarters.
• NASA says his leadership will help return Americans to the Moon during President Trump’s term under the Artemis campaign.
• The agency links the move to deeper collaboration with U.S. space companies and growth of the domestic space economy.
• Born in Wisconsin and educated at Caltech and the University of Texas at Austin, he is a former mission control flight director and a recipient of NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal and the Silver Snoopy.