Kevin Metrocavage currently serves as the International Space Station (ISS) Operations Manager for the Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD) at NASA Headquarters (HQ) in Washington, DC. In this role, he is responsible for maintaining overall situational awareness of the planning and execution of ISS complex operations. Metrocavage manages the NASA Headquarters Space Operations Center (HQ SOC), a facility that enables monitoring of human spaceflight operations, and provides input and status to NASA leadership as well as external agencies when appropriate. Additionally, Metrocavage will integrate operations support with the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) from the HQ SOC for upcoming Artemis missions as part of NASA’s return to the moon. 

Previously, Metrocavage worked in Mission Control at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX where he served as a Flight Controller, Instructor, and Manager for the ISS Motion Control Systems group. As an Attitude Determination and Control Officer (ADCO), Metrocavage planned, coordinated, monitored, and executed ISS maneuvers in support of a variety of complex operations. As Instructor, Metrocavage was responsible for training astronauts, cosmonauts, and peers on ISS systems. Metrocavage supported 18 ISS Assembly Missions and over 66 ISS Expeditions from Houston, Washington D.C. and internationally in Moscow, Russia. Following a transfer to NASA Headquarters, he served as the Executive Officer to the Associate Administrator in NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement prior to transitioning to his current role. 

NASA has recognized Metrocavage with multiple individual and team awards, most notably the NASA Spaceflight Awareness Award which NASA recognizes as one of the highest awards presented to agency and industry personnel. He is also a 2021 recipient of the Purdue University School of Aeronautics & Astronautics Outstanding Aerospace Engineer award, the school’s highest-level award recognizing alumni who have demonstrated excellence in industry, academia, governmental service or other endeavors. 

Metrocavage is from the Pennsylvania Coal Region and is a graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School in Coal Township, PA. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University. He has previously served on the University Alumni Board of Directors and President of their Engineering Alumni Board of Directors. He was a volunteer at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta for the second “USA Dream Team". Metrocavage also worked as a U.S. Space Camp Counselor and was recently inducted into the Space Camp Hall of Fame. He continues to have a passion for family, faith, STEM engagement, science fiction, sports, history and the past, present and future of space exploration.