Reid Wiseman, commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon, will become associate vice president at Caltech and deputy director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, effective November 30, 2026.
The appointment was announced on October 28, 2026, at Caltech’s Brave New Space Age event and was reported by USA Today on November 4, 2026.
Wiseman announced in September 2026 that he would move to an emeritus role at NASA. All four Artemis II crew members have since stepped away from active spaceflight.
On Artemis II in April 2026, Wiseman and crewmates Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen flew 695,081 miles on a lunar flyby, travelling farther from Earth than any humans before them.
In his new role, Wiseman will oversee JPL operations and mission execution as the lab’s Center Management Authority, working with Caltech on planning, management and compliance.
JPL, managed by Caltech for NASA, is NASA’s only federally funded research and development centre and marked the 90th anniversary of its founding on October 31, 2026.
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