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<\/a><\/figure>NASA leadership has named NASA Glenn Research Center\u2019s Steven A. Sinacore<\/a> as the agency\u2019s program executive for Fission Surface Power with Lindsay Kaldon as deputy program executive.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sinacore will lead a team within the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate dedicated to advancing fission surface power technology in support of lunar exploration, providing high power energy generation on Mars, and strengthening national security. \u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n Sinacore has more than 20 years of leadership and project management experience. Most recently, he served as director of Aeronautics at NASA Glenn in Cleveland.\u202fPrior to that, he was deputy project manager of the Gateway Power and Propulsion Element. After joining NASA Glenn in 2005, Sinacore held numerous systems engineering, project management, and mission operations positions, and he has been instrumental in developing and executing intergovernmental partnerships.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n His strong background leading cross-agency teams, combined with NASA Glenn\u2019s longstanding expertise in space power technology development, will equip the agency to further advance U.S. competition and lunar surface leadership under the Artemis campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n Last month, NASA declared its\u202fintent<\/a>\u202fto put a system that would provide at least 100 kilowatts of electrical power on the Moon by fiscal year 2030. NASA then surveyed industry for their interest and feedback<\/a> on an announcement for partnership proposals.\u00a0<\/p>\n This new effort builds on previous Glenn-led work to advance fission surface power technology development and concept designs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/a><\/figure>