Mark Wiese serves as director of the Moon Base Transportation Office within NASA’s Moon Base Program. The office leads the acquisition and integration of transportation capabilities spanning mission manifesting, launch, in-space transportation and cargo delivery to the lunar surface. This work carries forward Deep Space Logistics responsibilities for moving cargo from Earth to deep-space destinations, beginning with the Moon.
From May 2022 to June 2026, Wiese managed Deep Space Logistics for NASA’s Gateway Program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He led NASA’s work with commercial providers to develop spacecraft, launch services and integration capabilities for delivering cargo, equipment and supplies to Gateway. Wiese oversaw the design, development, testing and evaluation of logistics spacecraft, as well as the integration of commercial logistics missions.
From April 2021 to May 2022, Wiese led the development, evaluation and award of NASA’s Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services contract, known as xEVAS. The procurement helped transition NASA from more than 50 years of government-led spacesuit development toward a commercial services model for the next generation of spacewalking capabilities.
Wiese was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in January 2017 as deputy director of the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate at Kennedy. His work focused on leadership development and strategic planning to support the safety and success of Kennedy-managed programs and the center’s transition to a multiuser spaceport.
From 2010 to 2016, Wiese held several leadership positions within NASA’s Launch Services Program. He served as chair of the Source Evaluation Board for the Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support 2 contract, led the Flight Projects Branch within the program’s Business Office and later became chief of the Flight Projects Office.
Wiese received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2010 for helping transform the culture and workforce dynamics of the Launch Vehicle Processing Safety and Mission Assurance team. He received the medal again in 2012 for his contributions to the award and transition of the ELVIS 2 contract.
As a Launch Services Program leader, Wiese was instrumental in developing the Venture Class Launch Services contracts, which helped establish dedicated launch opportunities for small spacecraft and foster an emerging commercial launch market. He managed more than $500 million annually in launch service contracts and oversaw four successful missions aboard rockets provided by SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and Orbital ATK.
Wiese joined NASA in 2003 as a mission assurance manager for the Launch Services Program. He led safety and mission assurance activities supporting NASA’s certification of the Atlas V launch vehicle and the successful launches of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and New Horizons missions.
In 2006, Wiese was named deputy chief of the Launch Vehicle Processing Safety and Mission Assurance Division supporting the Space Shuttle Program. He became division chief in 2007 and led activities to assess risk and support safe launch operations for the final 20 space shuttle missions and the Ares I-X development flight test.
Wiese began his career with Science Applications International Corp. in 1998 as a geographic information systems technician. He later joined the company’s Safety and Mission Assurance team at Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he worked in NASA’s Mission Control Center before supporting the Launch Services Program at Kennedy as a quality engineer.