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Proudly Engineering the Future of Moon to Mars Exploration from the Heart of The Rocket City, Huntsville.
KBR has 50+ years of progressive experience helping federal, civil and commercial space companies and human exploration programs accomplish their goals.
As one of NASA's largest contractors, KBR’s highly skilled workforce provides critical space engineering, science and advanced technology support to some of the most pressing challenges in today's space landscape.
KBR Awarded an Estimated $2.459 Billion Contract to Support Astronaut Health and Performance for Space Missions
This partnership reaffirms our commitment to enhancing human spaceflight and contributing to NASA's ambitious exploration goals, including the Artemis missions. To discover more about our ongoing efforts in advancing astronaut well-being and ensuring mission success.
Profiles in Leadership – Todd May, SVP of KBR Science and Space
“In Orbit” guests are some of the foremost experts in their fields and address some of the greatest challenges facing the world today. But they’re also really interesting people! In our first Profiles in Leadership episode, we were thrilled to speak with Todd May, senior vice president of KBR’s Science and Space business and avid puzzler. Listen as Todd talks about his extraordinary career in space and aeronautics, what’s on the horizon in the industry, and some examples of when pop culture gets space science wrong.
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Space Nuclear Propulsion Program
KBR Systems Engineer Sara Sumner was recently recognized with a corporate “One KBR” award for her outstanding contributions and efforts in support of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP) Program. Sumner serves as the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) lead systems engineer managing the project’s systems engineering and team operations. Her efforts support NASA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as well as the contractor team to successfully design, develop and test the inaugural flight of the first nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) rocket engine in space planned for launch and use in 2027.
Sumner boasts over 20 years of expertise in systems engineering and technical management, bringing deep knowledge of vehicle integration and project leadership. Since joining KBR in 2021, she’s been instrumental in propelling NASA’s SNP program. Sumner’s impact throughout her career also extends to integrating RL10 engines, spearheading propulsion business development, contributing to human landing system crew module development and leading Ares Vehicle Integration (AVI). She’s also empowered hundreds of systems engineers through training in model-based approaches. KBR is honored to have Sumner’s expertise and contributions at KBR, whose talent continues to drive success for both the company and NASA, especially on the pivotal DRACO mission.
Sara Sumner KBR Systems Engineer
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Safety First
KBR was awarded a $75 million NASA contract to provide essential engineering, safety and mission assurance support services for all NASA centers, mission directorates, and international supplier locations, including NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
With this win, KBR secures follow-on contract support for the Safety and Mission Assurance Audits and Assessments (SMA3) contract, which KBR has supported for the past eight years.