Brent W. Barbee is an Aerospace Engineer in the Navigation and Mission Design Branch at NASA GSFC; he also teaches graduate courses in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland. Mr. Barbee supported flight dynamics for launch of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission, which launched on September 8, 2016, is the technical lead for NASA's Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS), and conducts research on planetary defense against hazardous near-Earth objects. Mr. Barbee is a recipient of NASA's Early Career Achievement Medal and the AIAA National Capital Section 2012–2013 Hal Andrews Young Engineer/Scientist of the Year Award. He received his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.