Tammy Radford is the Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) Program Manager at Axiom Space.

She is responsible for ensuring the successful design, certification, and deployment of the AxEMU and overall EVA system to be used for Artemis and LEO missions.

Before taking this role, Radford was the xEVAS Deputy Program Manager and the Portable Life Support System Director (PLSS). She was responsible for building a team that would take the PLSS to the finish line, ensuring the safety of the crew while managing schedule, technical, and cost during the entire lifecycle of the product.

Prior to joining Axiom Space, Radford worked for Oceaneering Space Systems as a project manager on xEMU at NASA, managing the development of a portion of the PLSS components. Additionally, she led the development of a Satellite Tool Changer (part of the DARPA Front-end Robotics Enabling Near-term Demonstration (FREND) project) from prototype to flight as a Senior Mechanical Engineer.

Radford has played key roles in solving real estate challenges on the Prototype Exploration Suit (PXS) through manned testing for smaller subjects as both a test subject and a hardware developer. Her 10 years at The Boeing Company working on the International Space Station as a Mechanical Designer and Structural Analyst focused on the life extension of the International Space Station.

Radford earned a Master of Mechanical Engineering from Rice University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.