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The current administrator is KSC director Janet Petro, who was designated by President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025 as acting Administrator. [6] She replaced Bill Nelson , who was nominated by President Joe Biden on March 19, 2021, [ 7 ] confirmed by the Senate on April 29, and officially sworn in on May 3. [ 8 ]
As Deputy Director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Janet Petro led in the transition of the center into a multi-user spaceport. For 12-months, she served an appointment at NASA's headquarters in Washington, D.C., as the deputy associate administrator and acting director for the Office of Evaluation. [7]
He went through NASA training with fellow "congressional observer" Senator Jake Garn, who flew on STS-51-D in 1985. Nelson served as a payload specialist on Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-61-C mission from January 12 to 18, 1986. Coincidentally, STS-61-C's pilot was Charles Bolden, who also went on to serve as a NASA administrator.
The Administrator of NASA, Bill Nelson, announced the creation of the position on September 14, 2023. [1] It was created upon the recommendation of NASA's UAP independent study team . [ 2 ] Nelson stated that the identity of the person who holds this position would be kept secret to prevent harassment. [ 1 ]
In announcing Bailey’s appointment to center director in April, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson acknowledged Hancock County’s long-standing role in the space agency’s work. “So much of NASA ...
[23] [24] The deputy director is Margaret Luce. [25] Fox was appointed the Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate on February 27, 2023, making her the organization's Head of Science. [26] Fox has served as Associate Editor for Geophysical Research Letters and the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. [14]
But the world has changed significantly since then, and Nasa has simply not kept up, according to Emeritus Prof John Logsdon, former director of the Space policy Institute at George Washington ...
Laurie Leshin will become director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the first woman to serve in that role.