Justin Pourkaveh

Justin Pourkaveh is an engineer with extensive experience in the aerospace industry, currently employed at Varda Space Industries since January 2021, focusing on creating new commercial markets in space through manufacturing in microgravity. Prior to this role, Justin contributed to BLUE ORIGIN, leading a team to develop fluid systems for the New Glenn rocket, and worked at Space Exploration Technologies for five years, where responsibilities included managing the Cargo Dragon Thermal Control System and operating mission control for multiple ISS missions. Additional experience includes work at Arizona State University on the OSIRIS-REx mission, involvement in hybrid rocket design at Daedalus Astronautics, and internships with SpaceX, contributing to the Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft. Justin holds a B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering with a concentration in Astronautics from Arizona State University.