Christine Escobar

Christine co-founded Space Lab® in 2016, with the mission of advancing human space exploration through research and technology development. Christine is an ecologist and aerospace systems engineer with expertise in space agriculture, bioastronautics (the study and support of life in space), information systems, and robust design. 

Christine has over 10 years of experience in technical leadership and engineering management in the space industry. Before co-founding Space Lab®, she was a Mission Manager for the NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract II (NSROC II), where she led teams of engineers and technicians through the life cycle of fourteen sounding rocket missions. As a Systems Engineer for NSROC I, she applied her skills in data analysis to attitude determination and flight vibration data. Prior to working in the space industry, Christine was a leader in public health emergency preparedness, providing planning, training, and assessment of readiness for public health disasters and bioterrorism.