Former Top NASA Executive Mike Menzel Joins Heliospace
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Heliospace Corp. (OTC PINK:HLEO) has announced the appointment of Mike Menzel, a distinguished NASA veteran, to a senior technical position. Menzel, who brings over 43 years of aerospace industry experience, will lead the development of advanced complex space systems.
His career spans 23 years in commercial and defense missions and 20 years at NASA, where he served as NASA Mission Systems Engineer for the James Webb Space Telescope and the Habitable World Observatory. Menzel's expertise is validated by numerous prestigious accolades, including multiple NASA awards, the IEEE Simon Ramo Medal, and the AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award.
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- Strategic hire of highly experienced NASA Mission Systems Engineer
- Addition of recognized industry expert with 43 years of aerospace experience
- Strengthening of technical leadership in complex space systems
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Menzel brings 40+ years of experience in advanced complex space systems to Heliospace
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 25, 2025 / Heliospace Corp., a subsidiary of Helio Corporation (OTC PINK:HLEO) has announced that well-known industry senior technical executive Mike Menzel has accepted our offer to join Heliospace.
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Mike has 43 years of experience in the aerospace industry, working 23 years for commercial and defense missions and 20 years for NASA. He has also been an adjunct lecturer in Physics and Astronomy at various colleges. Mike joins Heliospace in a senior technical position to lead development of advanced complex space systems.
Mike was the NASA Mission Systems Engineer for the James Webb Space Telescope and the Habitable World Observatory. He has received numerous industry awards, including the Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award for Engineering in 2009, the NASA Systems Engineering Excellence Award in 2010, the Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Division Engineering Excellence Award in 2013, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2013 and 2023, the 2020 Robert H. Goddard Merit Award in 2020, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 2022, the NASA Systems Engineering Excellence Award in 2022, the Norman L. Baker Astronautics Engineer Award in 2023, AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award in 2023 and finally the IEEE Simon Ramo Medal for Systems Engineering in 2025.
About Helio Corporation:
Helio Corporation is a technology, engineering and research and development (R&D) holding company serving commercial, government and non-profit organizations. Our wholly owned subsidiary, Heliospace Corporation ("Heliospace"), is an aerospace company specializing in the design, engineering, assembly and test of space flight qualified hardware and provides systems engineering, modeling, analysis, integration and test services to customers in government, commercial, private and non-profit markets. With deep expertise in civil space missions combined with a growing business serving commercial companies, our primary company objective is to enable humanity's pursuit of the scientific and commercial development of space. https://helio.space/
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SOURCE: Helio Space Corporation
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