Dr. Stephanie Anderson
Mission Operations Services Lead | Intuitive Machines
Dr. Stephanie Anderson is the Lunar Mission Operations Services Lead at Intuitive Machines. In this role, she leads mission operations integration, development, and execution for IM’s Space Data Network, which includes network and relay satellite operations, with the first of several lunar relay satellites launching in November of this year alongside the IM-3 lunar lander. Previously, Stephanie worked in the International Space Station program for 11 years; 5 years as a flight controller in the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD), 6 years at Boeing as a payload integration manager, and as the lead of the ISS payload facilities console team in the Mission Evaluation Room (MER). Prior to the ISS program, she worked at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility in Washington DC as a spacecraft operations and development engineer. Stephanie currently holds a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, a master’s degree in Space Systems, a master’s degree in Space Systems Management, and a PhD in Systems Engineering with a focus on artificial intelligence in space systems.


