NASA Names New Manager For Commercial Crew

Irene Klotz February 26, 2026
A pair of deputy managers took the reins of NASA’s portfolio of low-Earth-orbit programs, including the bellwether International Space Station (ISS), its planned commercial successors and the trans-portation services needed to safely shuttle astronauts to and fro. The promotions of Joel Montalbano, previously the deputy associate administrator of the agency’s Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD) to acting deputy, and of Dana Hutcherson, previously deputy manager of Commercial Crew Program (CCP), to a

Dana Hutcherson

Credit: Kim Shiflett/NASA
A pair of deputy managers took the reins of NASA’s portfolio of low-Earth-orbit programs, including the bellwether International Space Station (ISS), its planned commercial successors and the transportation services needed to safely shuttle astronauts to and fro. The promotions of Joel Montalbano...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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