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NASA · Sunday, October 18, 2026

NASA names Stephen Cash to lead Marshall

The File desk · Oct 18, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC

Status

Confirmed from NASA release 26-089, Oct. 16, 2026. He starts Monday.
  • Confirmed
    Administrator Jared Isaacman named Stephen Cash director of Marshall Space Flight Center, effective Monday, Oct. 19.
  • Confirmed
    Cash began at Marshall in 1982, stayed 34 years, and led safety and mission assurance from 2011 until he retired in 2016.
  • Confirmed
    Rae Ann Meyer, acting director since September 2025, returns to deputy center director.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman named Stephen Cash director of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He starts Monday.1
Cash began at Marshall in 1982 and stayed 34 years. He led the center's safety and mission assurance office from 2011 until he retired in 2016.
The center has more than 5,000 civil servants and contractors. It builds propulsion, including the rocket for the Artemis moon flights.2
Rae Ann Meyer has been acting director since September 2025. She goes back to deputy center director.
Cash's first day is Monday.

Notes

  1. 1.NASA release 26-089, Oct. 16, 2026, Gerelle Q. Dodson. “NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Stephen Cash director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective Monday, Oct. 19.” https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-names-stephen-cash-marshall-space-flight-center-director/
  2. 2.Same release. Cash began at Marshall in 1982 and spent 34 years with the agency. He was director of the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate from 2011 until retirement in 2016. The workforce is more than 5,000 civil service and contractor employees. Meyer has been acting director since September 2025 and previously was deputy center director and associate director. She will return to deputy center director.

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  1. Source 1

    NASA Names Stephen Cash Marshall Space Flight Center Director

    NASA · October 16, 2026

    NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Stephen Cash director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective Monday, Oct. 19.

    https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-names-stephen-cash-marshall-space-flight-center-director/