Flomaton Native Promoted At NASA. His Job? To Land People On The Moon By 2024.

June 4, 2020

Greg Chavers has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service position of deputy manager of the Human Landing System Program Office at Marshall Space Flight Center.

The Senior Executive Service is the personnel system covering most of the top managerial positions in federal agencies.

Chavers will assist Lisa Watson-Morgan, manager of the Human Landing System Program, in leading the rapid development of an integrated human lunar landing system – including a descent element, ascent element and transfer vehicle for the Artemis program, which will deliver the first woman and next man to the lunar surface by 2024. Chavers will work directly with U.S. industry partners, administer and monitor expenditures of the fiscal year 2020 budget, lead a team of approximately 425 employees at multiple NASA centers and act as the chair of the agency’s Human Landing System Control Board.

Chavers has 29 years of experience in project management and development of lunar landing systems. He joined Marshall in 1991 as an aerospace engineer in the Systems Analysis and Integration Laboratory. Other past roles include acting chief of the Planning, Operations and Analysis Branch; lead systems engineer for the Spacecraft and Lander System; project engineer for the Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project; manager of the Resource Prospector Lunar Lander Project; and manager of the Advanced Exploration Systems’ Lander Technologies Project. Since February 2018, he has been formulation manager of the Human Exploration & Operations Mission Directorate’s Advanced Cislunar and Surface Capability. Chavers has been the acting deputy manager of the Human Landing System Program Office since September 2019.

Chavers earned a bachelor’s in aerospace engineering from Auburn University in 1990. He earned a master’s and doctorate in physics – both from the University of Alabama in Huntsville – in 1998 and 2003, respectively.

A native of Flomaton, he and his wife, Denise, reside in Priceville with their son, Dustin, and daughters Marissa and Maleiha.

Comments

11 Responses to “Flomaton Native Promoted At NASA. His Job? To Land People On The Moon By 2024.”

  1. Rita Turk on September 18th, 2020 7:46 pm

    I’m just seeing this but I’m so proud of you.. I new you was out of this world smart we had alot if fun in band an trips congratulations. You have a beautiful family

  2. Tina Buckley on June 8th, 2020 5:06 pm

    Congratulations Greg!

  3. Cara on June 6th, 2020 2:17 pm

    Awesome accomplishment! Way to go!

  4. Cheryl Neal on June 5th, 2020 10:24 pm

    Congratulations Greg! I never thought that someone I graduated with in ‘85 , rode the school bus with and lived just right down the road from would be able to do something mind blowing like that! I I know what? For our 50th class reunion you can send your whole class woman by the name to the Moon by then

  5. Shane Tompkins on June 4th, 2020 10:46 pm

    Congratulations Greg! Well deserved!

  6. wow on June 4th, 2020 12:26 pm

    Incredible! 51 years ago, we landed the first people on the moon. And now we are about to go back. And it will not be able to happen without the help of Greg Chavers. Congradulations!

  7. BRING IT ON on June 4th, 2020 11:24 am

    Way to go !!!!!

  8. Sarah on June 4th, 2020 11:15 am

    Congratulations, Greg, Great accomplishments!!

  9. Kim Stefansson on June 4th, 2020 10:33 am

    Wow! Fantastic news! And – for him, it really is Rocket Science!

    I wonder though, who does he cheer for when Auburn plays Alabama?
    ;-)

    Kim

  10. Barbara Lambeth on June 4th, 2020 10:28 am

    Congratulations Greg!!!

  11. JTV on June 4th, 2020 5:58 am

    Congratulations Greg

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