Kate Tice
Kate Tice | |
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| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University |
| Occupations | Industrial engineer; broadcast host |
| Employer | SpaceX |
| Known for | On-air commentary on SpaceX Falcon 9 and Starship launch webcasts |
Kate Tice is an American industrial engineer and broadcast host who serves as a senior manager of quality systems engineering at SpaceX.[1][2] She is a regular on-air commentator for SpaceX launch webcasts and has been widely quoted and referenced by major science and technology outlets for her live coverage of Starship and Falcon 9 missions.[3][4] A graduate of Penn State, she was named to the university’s College of Engineering “40 Under 40” cohort in 2021 and received the department’s Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award in 2022.[5][6] NASA and SpaceX’s coverage of the Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission, on which Tice served as a host, received the 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program.[7][8]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Tice earned a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 2012.[9]
Career
[edit | edit source]Tice joined SpaceX as an industrial/quality engineer and rose to become a senior manager of quality systems engineering.[1] She is best known publicly as a co-host of SpaceX’s launch webcasts, providing technical narration during Falcon 9 and Starship missions. Her commentary has been cited by national and international media outlets covering commercial spaceflight.[10][11]
During the first integrated Starship test flight on April 20, 2023, Tice described the outcome on SpaceX’s livestream as “an exciting end to the Starship inaugural integrated test flight,” a comment later quoted in trade and science press coverage of the flight.[10][11] In Washington Post coverage of the same flight, Tice was cited as SpaceX’s manager for quality systems engineering and noted the company had “five boosters and eight Starships in production” at that time.[1]
Tice has also provided on-air commentary during subsequent Starship flight tests, including the Flight 5 booster catch on October 13, 2024 (“This is a day for the engineering history books...”).[3] She again featured on SpaceX’s Flight 6 webcast on November 19, 2024, reacting to the ship’s survival through re-entry and splashdown,[4] and has appeared on webcasts for Crew Dragon missions as well.[12][13]
Beyond launch narration, Tice has discussed SpaceX’s manufacturing scale-up at Starbase’s “Starfactory,” stating on a 2024 webcast that the facility would “enable us to increase our production rate significantly as we build toward our long-term goal of producing one Ship per day.”[14]
Awards and recognition
[edit | edit source]- Member of the Penn State College of Engineering “40 Under 40” cohort (2021).[5]
- Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award, Penn State Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (2022).[6]
- NASA and SpaceX coverage of Crew Dragon Demo-1 — Outstanding Interactive Program (2019, team award).[7][15][16]
See also
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External links
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