Aaron Fournier is a mission manager with NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) at John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He leads the mission integration team overseeing commercial launch service for science and robotic missions for LSP from initial concept studies to through launch. He leads the Mission Integration Team across multiple organizations in the management of schedules, budget/contract performance, and technical integration of the launch service.Fournier currently serves as the LSP mission manager for NASA’s MUSE (Multi-slit Solar Explorer) astrophysics mission and the Co-Manifested Vehicle (CMV) which consists of Gateway’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) and Power and Propulsion Element (PPE).
From 2020 to 2025, Fournier was a Mission Integration Engineer supporting LSP missions across flight design and integration disciplines.
Fournier began his NASA career in 2008 as a Launch Vehicle Ordnance Systems Engineer. Prior to NASA, he worked as an Electronic Braking Systems Test Engineer at Continental Automotive and as a Maintenance Coordinator at General Motors.
Fournier earned NASA group achievement awards with the OSIRIS-REx Mission Integration Team and the Commercial Crew Program United Launch Alliance (ULA) Technical Discipline Team. He received Silver Group Achievement recognition with the Parker Solar Probe team and the Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) Demo-2 Acquisition Team.
Fournier earned a Bachel …