Dr. Andrew Duggleby

Co-founder and CTO of Venus Aerospace. B.S. Mechanical Engineering and B.S. Physics from Texas A&M, M.S. Mechanical Engineering from UT Austin, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech; licensed professional engineer and Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve (Engineering Duty Officer). Previously Head of Launch Operations at Virgin Orbit, led development and hot-fire testing of a dual-mode 3D-printed rocket engine with NASA, and served on the mechanical engineering faculties of Virginia Tech and Texas A&M. He and his wife Sassie left Virgin Orbit in June 2020 to found Venus Aerospace.