Tim Straube (AeroEngr BS'91, MS'93, PhD'10)

Dr. Timothy Straube has worked human spaceflight missions at NASA's Johnson Space Center for 30 years. He is currently serving as the deputy manager in the Orion Program's Avionics, Power, and Software office where he led the office flight readiness activities leading up to the successful Artemis I mission in November and December of 2022, the first human rated mission to lunar vicinity in 50 years.

Prior to that, Dr. Straube managed the Orion Guidance, Navigation, and Controls development team for over a decade.  In that roll, he led the flight dynamics activities for Orion's three successful flight tests.  Pad Abort 1 in 2010 and Ascent Abort 2 in 2019 successfully demonstrated Orion's early abort capability with the launch abort system.  Exploration flight test 1 (EFT-1) in 2014 showcased Orion's automated man-rated re-entry flight system. 

After the EFT-1, Dr. Straube and his team were awarded the NASA Flight Software of the Year award for the development and execution of the flight control software on that mission.   For his leadership on the Orion program, Tim has received the NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal in 2013 and the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2022.

Prior to Orion, Dr. Straube worked and led GN&C development projects for the Space Shuttle program, the International Space Station Program, and the Autonomous Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology Program.

Raised in Windsor Colorado, Tim is a proud Colorado Buffalo and received both his Bachelor's and Master's in Aerospace Engineering in Boulder.  He later received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder on a NASA fellowship, working with his advisor Professor K.C. Park. 

Dr. Straube lives in Houston with his wife Pam, and has two college aged children, Jacob and Megan. He is looking forward to the upcoming Artemis missions and the return of humans to the lunar surface!