PROGRAMS:

COMPANIES:

• NASA

LOCATIONS:

Kennedy Space Center

COMMENTS:

Mr. Mars graduated from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in 1958. He spent 4 ½ years with Martin Orlando designing ground support equipment for the LaCrosse and Pershing missile systems before coming to NASA in 1963. His hardware experience covers Mercury, Gemini, Command and Service Module and the Lunar Module, Skylab, Shuttle Vandenberg activation and the Space Station programs. Mr. Mars has held the positions of lead power and Sequential Engineer, Power and Sequential systems Supervisor, Chief Project Engineer for Launch Operations, Chief of the Shuttle Project Office, Activation Chief for Vandenberg representing both KSC and the Shuttle Level Two Program Office, Manager of Operations and Logistics for the Space Station Program office in Reston, Virginia, Director of Mission Assurance at KSC, and Deputy Director of Safety and Mission Assurance