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NASA's Patrick Junen Champions Artemis, Honors Family Legacy

6/27/2025

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Patrick Junen, a subsystem manager at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, proudly carries on his family's legacy in space exploration. With a strong engineering background, he leads the BOLE Program for NASA’s SLS rocket, driven by inspiration from historic missions. Junen is dedicated to advancing human spaceflight through the groundbreaking Artemis program.

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Patrick Junen, a subsystem manager at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, proudly carries on his family's legacy in space exploration. With a strong engineering background, he leads the BOLE Program for NASA’s SLS rocket, driven by inspiration from historic missions. Junen is dedicated to advancing human spaceflight through the groundbreaking Artemis program.