Amit Kshatriya
Amit Kshatriya is the associate administrator of NASA, the agency's highest-ranking civil servant position. He was previously deputy associate administrator for the Moon to Mars Program Office, and prior to that, he worked on the Space Launch System, Orion, and Exploration Ground Systems aspects of the Artemis program. From 2014 to 2017, he was an International Space Station flight director and the lead flight director of Expedition 50, for which he received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal. He was also the lead robotics officer for the SpaceX Dragon demonstration mission for the Commercial Orbital [Transportation Services] program.
Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy announced the selection of Kshatriya as associate administrator in a statement on September 3, 2025.