Steve Clarke, the former Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, brings 39-years of experience in executive leadership, systems engineering, program management, and operations to his new role leading lunar lander delivery at Astrobotic. Clarke’s leadership contributions across several NASA mission directorates have been recognized with NASA’s Exceptional Achievement Medal and the Presidential Rank Award. His distinguished service in government and commercial space programs, coupled with his expertise in program management and lunar systems, make him an ideal fit to lead Astrobotic’s payload delivery missions to the Moon. 

Mr. Clarke was previously with NASA for 23 years and held many senior leadership positions within the human spaceflight, science, and  aeronautics mission directorates. He also served as a senior policy analyst at the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Prior to his NASA career, Mr. Clarke held various engineering positions within the commercial space industry.

Mr. Clarke has over 39 years of experience in executive leadership; systems engineering; program and project management of scientific  research programs, civil, national security space, and commercial satellite, launch vehicle, aircraft, and airspace programs; international partnerships; operations; acquisition; budget development and execution; policy development and implementation.

Mr. Clarke holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering technology and a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. He has also completed executive leadership education programs at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, VA. He was awarded the Presidential Rank Award in 2018 for sustained extraordinary accomplishments as a member of the Senior Executive Service.