Helen Hall (USRA)
Program Director
hhall@sofia.usra.edu

Ms. Helen Hall is Director of the SOFIA Program, leading USRA’s overall SOFIA effort at NASA Ames Research Center. In this capacity, Helen ensures that the USRA program provides NASA the support it needs. She is responsible for directing the team that manages SOFIA science and mission operations; science instrument development; systems engineering and integration of the science instruments with the telescope; mirror coating and maintenance operations; mission communication and control; scientific data processing and archiving; and education and public outreach. She works closely with her management counterparts at NASA Ames, NASA Dryden and the Deutsche SOFIA Institute to assure mission safety and success.