Monika K. Schultz
Surface Support Team Lead
United Space Alliance

Monika K. Schultz is an Engineer with the United Space Alliance, a NASA contractor at the Johnson Space Center. She was born August 15, 1967 in Pasadena, Texas but considers Nassau Bay, Texas her hometown. She is married to Sven E. Schultz and they have one son. She enjoys biking, hiking, sailing, diving, reading, and zymurgy.

Monika graduated from Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas in 1985 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Rice University in 1990. After getting her degree from Rice, Monika began working for Rockwell Space Operations Company providing engineering support to the Astronaut Office on Space Shuttle payloads. In 1998, Monika accepted a position with Spacehab, Inc. to provide science mission management for their Spacehab module mission on the Space Shuttle.

In late 1999, Monika returned to work for United Space Alliance (formerly Rockwell) and the Astronaut Office. She is currently managing a new training program to prepare potential International Space Station astronauts for the unique personal and interpersonal aspects of long duration space flight. She will be intimately involved in developing the training exercise utilizing the Aquarius facility.