Michael J. Smith

Center Opportunity Manager, Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA

Michael J. Smith is the Center Opportunity Manager at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in the Partnerships, Analysis, Communications, and Engagement Office. He is the front door for organisations that want to work with Marshall: Space Act Agreements, collaborative opportunity announcements, technology transfer and the use of Marshall’s facilities. He hosted the Stardust team at Marshall in August 2025 and joined The Human Side of Space fireside in February 2026. At Stardust 2026 he speaks on how Marshall does business with the outside world, and what a student or a small company should know before they knock.

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