Posted on: 5:09 pm, September 26, 2012, by David Kumbroch, updated on: 05:49pm, September 26, 2012

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WHNT) The Marshall Space Flight Center finds itself under new leadership again.

New Director Patrick Scheuermann faced the media and the microphones, giving him a chance to speak about himself.

Scheuermann says, I am a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. Ive been a Marshall Space Flight Center employee before as a Chief Operating Officer running the Michoud Assembly Facility.

In fact, Marshall made it through turbulent times with Scheuermanns help.

He explains, I started as a Marshall employee the Monday before Hurricane Katrina hit, and so that Monday was an interesting meeting. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Hurricane Katrina was coming, so I said let me see the emergency plan. The next two years was a blur.

But Scheuerman worked his way up in the rocket business the hard way, and now hes here at the top of Marshall Space Flight Center.

Scheuermann remembers, When I started in 1986 as a test conductor for testing space shuttle main engines, sort of like my predecessor Robert Lightfoot, he got his same start testing space shuttle engines too. For me now to go from that position to every opportunity that Ive had in the past has been just tremendous opportunity for me.

Right next to the elevators at Marshall, you find the stated goals. Even though the center has new leadership, the mission stays the same.

Scheuermann describes, The Marshall mission is strong. We look forward to having a great future here at Marshall Space Flight Center. The Space Launch System, were well on our way of design and looking forward to a first flight soon for it. Experimental flight test number one [is] coming up here in December.

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New Marshall Space Flight Center Director Introduces Himself, Vision For Marshall