Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman joins Caltech and JPL

Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman has been named Caltech associate vice president and deputy director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The emeritus astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain begins his new role at NASA’s center of excellence for robotics and deep space exploration and at Caltech, which manages JPL for NASA, on Nov. 30, 2026.

This video of Reid Wiseman accepting this role was shared at a Brave New Space Age event at Caltech on Oct. 28, 2026.

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