Doug Litteken

Doug Litteken is a structural engineer at NASA's Johnson Space Center, specializing as a Subject Matter Expert in softgoods structures. With a focus on inflatable habitats, parachutes, and structural health monitoring, they have designed and certified critical systems for various NASA programs, including the Orion spacecraft and the Bigelow Expandable Activities Module on the ISS. Doug previously held positions at Boeing and contributed to multiple projects aimed at advancing deep space exploration, working towards enabling a permanent human presence on the Moon and future missions to Mars. They hold both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.