NASA names Stephen Cash director of Marshall Space Flight Center

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NASA has named Stephen Cash director of Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective October 19. Marshall develops the SLS rocket and manages the Human Landing System program for Artemis, so the appointment puts a new leader over key parts of the lunar effort.

• Named by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; the announcement is dated October 16, 2026
• Cash was most recently vice president for advanced space systems at Axient; he spent 34 years at NASA from 1982, including running the Space Shuttle Propulsion Office and Safety and Mission Assurance
• He succeeds Rae Ann Meyer, acting center director since September 2025, who returns to her role as Deputy Center Director
• Marshall oversees more than 5,000 civil service and contractor employees and also works on propulsion, science and nuclear power and propulsion