Christie L Cox 2025

Christie Cox

Utilization Manager, International Space Station Division, NASA

Christie Cox is the International Space Station Division utilization manager within the Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Cox supports ongoing research with NASA and the ISS National Laboratory with a focus on transitioning to the post-space station commercial low Earth orbit destinations. She works closely with departments and agencies across the U.S. government to build a strong coalition to support research and technology demonstration in low Earth for years to come. Cox also serves as the executive secretary for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Low Earth Orbit Science and Technology Interagency Working Group. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., Cox worked at NASA’s Johnson Space Center supporting the International Space Station in a variety of roles for 15 years, including working as an Environmental Control and Life Support Systems and emergency hardware project manager, subsystem manager for the Oxygen Generation System, and the consumables and strategic flight planning lead. She received her Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California at San Diego.

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