Nathaniel Ylitalo

About Nathaniel Ylitalo

Mission Operations supporting Blue Ghost Mission 2 and subsequent missions at Firefly…

Experience

1. Flight Controller

   Cimarron Inc.

   Sep 2019 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Member of the Visiting Vehicle Officer (VVO) Flight Controller team at the NASA Johnson Space Center within the Flight Dynamics Division; assuring safe operations as vehicles approach and depart from the International Space Station. Tasks include: creating/reviewing operational products including procedures and timelines for ground and in-orbit crews, providing pre-and-post-flight analysis for improving processes, and developing software and visual tools to assure situational awareness during mission and training operations. Served as VVO Increment Lead for Increment 65 and 66; coordinated information transfer between disciplines, represented office at routine meetings, and relayed statuses to/from teams. Current focus on the Boeing Starliner, Sierra Space Dream Chaser, and JAXA HTV-X programs.

Education

• University of Colorado Colorado Springs

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering

  2012

• University of Colorado Colorado Springs

  Master of Engineering - MEng, Space Operations

  2017 — 2019

Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Engineering
• Orbital Mechanics
• Aerospace
• Technical Writing
• Customer Service
• Strategic Planning
• Time Management
• Heat Transfer
• Matlab
• Autocad
• Magnetic Reconnection
• Management
• Design
• Powerpoint
• Propulsion Systems
• Project Management
• Space Environment
• Leadership
• Micros
• Astrodynamics
• Microsoft Visio
• Orbit Determination
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Word