I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen
First reported Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:24:29 GMT · Last updated
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Allison Mjoen, NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems operations manager, watched her family see the SLS rocket launch as part of Artemis preparations.
Why it matters: Her role highlights the critical ground‑support work that enables Artemis missions to launch successfully.
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Allison Mjoen works as NASA’s operations manager for the Exploration Ground Systems Program, where she helps develop the systems and ground operations needed for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. During a recent SLS launch, she and her family observed the rocket’s ignition and lift‑off with awe and pride. The event is tied to NASA’s Artemis initiative, which aims to return humans to the Moon using the SLS and related ground infrastructure.
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- Allison Mjoen is NASA’s operations manager for the Exploration Ground Systems Program.NASA
- She helped shape the systems and ground operations for NASA’s SLS rocket.NASA
- Allison Mjoen and her family watched the SLS rocket launch with awe and pride.NASA
- The SLS rocket launch is part of preparations to send humans back to the Moon under the Artemis program.NASA
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- NASAI Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen
3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen As the supercooled propellant flowed into the core stage, and NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket roared to life, Allison Mjoen and her family watched with awe and pride. Mjoen, NASA’s operations manager for the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems Program, helped shape the systems and ground operations that will one day send humans back to the Moon. Over her 20-year career at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, she supported missions across the Space Shuttle Program, the International Space Station, and now she is applying that experience to Artemis. April 1, 2026, was a bright, crystal-clear day along the Florida Space Coast. The sunlight seemed to sharpen every color along the horizon. As Mjoen and her children counted down and the crowd’s voices rose around them, the rumble of the SLS rocket intensified beneath their feet. For her children, it was the chance to see what their mom had helped make possible. For Mjoen, it was a moment she would never forget. That moment also offered a pause for reflection on the work that led her there. As the spacecraft offline operations manager, Mjoen coordinates the work that happens long before la
Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:24:29 GMT
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- 2026-10-16 14:24 UTC · NASA
Mjoen, NASA’s operations manager for the Exploration Ground Systems Program, helped shape the systems and ground operations for the SLS rocket.
- 2026-10-16 14:24 UTC · NASA
Allison Mjoen and her family watched the rocket launch with awe and pride.
- 2026-10-16 14:24 UTC · NASA
As the supercooled propellant flowed into the core stage, NASA’s SLS rocket roared to life.
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