Kenton Fisher
AST, Flight Systems Engineer | NASA
Kenton Fisher
AST, Flight Systems Engineer
NASA
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Biography
Kenton Fisher is the lead of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing (ESRS) group within the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at Johnson Space Center. He is the principle investigator of the Crew Earth Observations (CEO) facility, a part of ESRS, which operates aboard the International Space Station (ISS). In CEO, astronauts aboard the ISS photograph the Earth for research purposes and disaster response efforts. In his role leading ESRS and CEO, Kenton pursues Earth science research, proposal development, and technology development for remote sensing and image analysis. He also serves as the lab manager for the Advanced Concepts for Exploration (ACE) lab, which focuses on prototype development for flight hardware. Kenton is the payload developer for the Hermes payload that recently completed an operational cycle on the ISS studying asteroid regolith particle dynamics. Previously, he worked on the development of flight projects such as the Space Debris Sensor (SDS). His educational background is in geology, systems engineering, and project management.