Matthew Lansing, formerly of Salem, and Fort Mill, South Carolina, has been selected as the Production Discipline Lead Engineer (DLE) for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) – an advanced launch vehicle for a new era of exploration beyond Earth’s orbit into deep space. SLS, the world’s most powerful rocket, will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions beyond the moon and eventually to Mars, while opening new possibilities for other payloads including robotic scientific missions to places like Mars, Saturn and Jupiter.
The Production DLE is the single authoritative entity for engineering understanding, assessment, status, and recommendations related to manufacturing, assembly, and materials processes for the entire vehicle. In that role, Lansing is accountable to the SLS Chief Engineer for the technical quality of all deliverables with respect to his scope and for related technical integration of the vehicle and its elements – the primary components of the rocket, including the solid rocket boosters, liquid engines, core stage, and spacecraft/payload integration systems. He is also responsible for integration with the other engineering disciplines.
