Tracy Minish

Mission Control Operations Manager, NASA

Benjamin Tracy Minish is the Mission Control Center Operations Manager at Nasa. He received his B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Georgia in 1984. During his 37-year NASA career, Tracy has served as a shuttle instructor, chief of the Shuttle and International Space Station Flight Software and Recon Branch, chief of the Mission Systems Operation Branch, and is currently the Mission Control Center Operations Manager. Tracy enjoys running and has completed 31 full marathons. Due to a family history of Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) spanning five generations, he is a strong advocate for finding a cure for hereditary eye diseases.

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