Jeremy W. Parsons is the Acting Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator (ADAA) for the Moon to Mars Program Office within the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, located at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C.Before serving as the ADAA, Parsons served as Division Chief for the Orion Production Office within the Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He also was the deputy program manager for EGS from 2019 to 2025, where he assisted the program manager in leading the government and contractor teams preparing the ground systems, infrastructure, facilities, and processes required to support NASA’s next-generation space launch systems and spacecraft — and then processing those same vehicles for launch.
Parsons also spent time at NASA Headquarters supporting cost analysis for the Human Exploration Framework Team, or HEFT. The team ultimately made many recommendations that resulted in the exploration architecture of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion vehicles. He used his HEFT experience to serve as the NASA fellow to former U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, then chair of the Senate Science and Space Subcommittee. In this role, he served as the science and space advisor to the senator during a …
