LeRoy Cain

LeRoy Cain spent many years at NASA's Johnson Space Center's Mission Operations Directorate. He worked as a flight operations support engineer, a GNC flight controller and then served as flight director for over a dozen space shuttle missions. He then joined the Space Shuttle Program management team, acting as Launch Integration Manager before being named Deputy Manager of the program for its final three years. He won many awards during his time at NASA, including the agency's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal (2015.)