Mandy Vaughn | |
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 Vaughn at the 2018 Air Mobility Command Phoenix Spark Tank competition | |
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| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Mandy Vaughn (née Chambers) is an American aeronautical engineer. She is President of Virgin Orbit's sister company, VOX space.
Early life and education[]
Vaughn began flying aged 11 and earned her pilots license aged 18.[1] She studied mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[2] She stayed at MIT for her graduate studies and earned a master's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2002.[2] At MIT, Vaughn went through the Reserve Officers Training Course (ROTC).[3] Whilst at MIT Vaughn relaunched the skydiving club, and has since completed more than 700 sky dives.[1][4]
Career[]
In 2000 Vaughn joined the United States Air Force.[5] She joined Hill Air Force Base as a developmental engineer in the intercontinental ballistic missiles system program office in 2002.[1] From 2004 she worked at the Los Angeles Air Force Base in the Space Superiority Systems Directorate.[5] Vaughn worked with the General Dynamics Mission Systems Space and Intelligence directorate, where was responsible for space control and investment portfolios.[2][5]
In 2015 Vaughn joined Virgin Orbit as Senior Director of Business Development.[5] She created the business program for LauncherOne for commercial and government clients.[5] Vaughn is a member of the National Space Council's User Advisory Group.[5][6][7] She was appointed director of VOX Space in 2017. In November 2017 the first Defence Department agency account was announced.[8] VOX Space focus on servicing government contracts for Virgin Orbit.[2] Vaughn has climbed Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Virgin Galactic Director Mandy Vaughn Speaks at CSULB SWE Event" (in en-US). CSULB Engineering News. 2016-10-14. https://web.csulb.edu/colleges/coe/news/?p=11178.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Virgin creates VOX Space for its government-related launches – TechCrunch" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/01/virgin-creates-vox-space-for-its-government-related-launches/.
- ↑ User, Super. "Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) - Program Participant" (in en). https://online.ptc.org/ptc17/participant.html?pid=677.
- ↑ "Somebody Has To Do It | MIT Spectrum" (in en-US). https://spectrum.mit.edu/winter-1999/somebody-has-to-do-it/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Mandy Vaughn" (in en-US). http://www.brookeowensfellowship.org/mandy-vaughn/.
- ↑ "NSC UAG Bios". https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nsc_uag_bios.pdf.
- ↑ "Vice President Pence Announces National Space Council Users Advisory Group" (in en-US). The White House. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/vice-president-pence-announces-national-space-council-users-advisory-group/.
- ↑ "Virgin Orbit wins first Defense Department launch contract - SpaceNews.com" (in en-US). SpaceNews.com. 2017-11-16. http://spacenews.com/virgin-orbit-wins-first-defense-department-launch-contract/.
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