• Retired from Northrop Grumman (2006–2022)
• Active NASA Astronaut 1992-2006
• US Navy Fighter Pilot/Test Pilot 1980-1992

Kent Rominger held numerous positions at Northrop Grumman, Orbital ATK and ATK over a fifteen-year period from 2006 to 2022. These positions included the director of Missile Programs, the vice president and capture lead for the OmegA launch system, the vice president of Strategic Programs with responsibility for the Navy’s Fleet Ballistic Missile Program, the Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent pursuit and Minuteman III Sustainment. He also served as vice president of Strategy and Business Development for Propulsion Systems and as vice president of Propulsion Systems’ Test and Research Operations. He joined Northrop Grumman (ATK) in October 2006 as vice president, Advanced Programs, following distinguished careers with NASA and the U.S. Navy.

Rominger was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1992. A veteran of five space shuttle flights, including two as the mission commander, he has logged over 1,600 hours and traveled almost 27 million miles in space. He culminated his NASA career as the chief of the Astronaut Office and was selected into the NASA Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2015.

Rominger was commissioned as a naval officer in 1979. During his 26-year career, he served as an F-14 Tomcat pilot with fighter squadrons VF-2 and VF-211 and as a Navy test pilot. While with VF-211, he completed a deployment to the Arabian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. Rominger is a graduate of the Navy Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) and the Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland. He has logged more than 8,300 flying hours in 35 different types of aircraft and has completed 685 carrier landings.

A native of Del Norte, Colorado, Rominger received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Colorado State University and a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.   

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