Michael C. Jensen – NESC Academy Biography

Mike Jensen is the Deputy Chief of NASA JSC’s Training Branch (CK2), the organization responsible for integration and leadership of crewmember and flight controller training for NASA’s crewed programs including ISS, Commercial Crew and Exploration/Orion. He also supports real-time flight control operations as an ISS CAPCOM, serving as a voice of MCC Houston to the ISS since Expedition 5.

Prior to selection as Deputy Chief he served as a Chief Training Officer/Station Training Lead on numerous ISS and Shuttle missions, along with Orion’s EFT-1 test flight.  He was a shuttle and then station instructor earlier in his career.

Mike is an Electrical Engineer from Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana.

Information last updated April 28, 2017.