In Brief: Aerospace Veteran Stephen Cash Takes Reins At NASA Marshall

Marshall Director
Stephen Cash, a veteran NASA engineer and aerospace executive, has become the new director of Marshall Space Flight Center. Cash succeeds Rae Ann Meyer, who had served as Marshall’s acting center director since September 2025 and previously as Marshall’s deputy center director and associate director. Cash began a 34-year career with NASA in 1982, one that included serving as manager of Marshall’s Shuttle Program Office and director of its Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate from 2011 until his retirement in 2016. Following retirement from NASA, Cash moved to the aerospace industry and served as vice president for advanced space systems at Huntsville, Alabama-based Axient.