Norman Black is a seasoned and tested space systems professional with over 25 years of highly specialized technical expertise and documented success in space and satellite operations for the military and civil agencies (NASA and the National Reconnaissance Office). He is a product of the "space race" that led to achieving a BA degree in Astronomy and a MS in Physical Science, specializing in remote sensing). After college, he spent four years with NASA at Johnson Space Center as a Space Shuttle Flight Controller. Norman is certified as a Thermal and Life Support flight controller for all phases of a space shuttle flight (ascent, on-orbit, reentry). He is a retired Air Force Colonel with a career in space systems operations that spans ground-based and on-orbit space operations. Norman Black is the volunteer payload integrator for an Edge of Space STEM education program he created that helps young students send small experiments into the stratosphere using a high altitude weather balloon. He is also the primary observer at the Star Light Observatory which serves students and the public in the Pikes Peak region.