Thomas Zurbuchen, a space science and aerospace engineering professor at the University of Michigan, will officially join NASA on Oct. 3 as associate administrator of the space agency’s science mission directorate. He will succeed Geoffrey
MoreNASA has appointed Patricia Sanders, an independent aerospace consultant, to succeed Vice Adm. Joseph Dryer as chairperson of the space agency’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. The advisory committee works to provide safety
MoreThe U.S. Agency for International Development and NASA have launched SERVIR-West Africa, an environmental monitoring program in Niamey, Niger, that will work to address the climate-sensitive issues of the region through space-based observations. NASA said
MoreNASA Administrator Charles Bolden and United Arab Emirates Space Agency Chairman Khalifa Al Romaithi have signed an agreement for both countries to collaborate on aeronautics research as well as the exploration and use
MoreJohn Grunsfeld, associate administrator of NASA‘s science mission directorate, will retire from his post by the end of April. The four-decade space agency veteran has managed over 100 space missions, including the Curiosity
MoreJanet Kavandi, a former astronaut and current deputy director at NASA‘s Glenn Research Center, has been appointed director of the Cleveland-based space technology research facility in a move that takes effect Monday. She will
MoreTodd May has been named director of NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The space agency said Tuesday May will be in charge of the $2.5 billion Marshall center and its 6,000
MoreNine members of Congress have sent a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden asking the agency to submit information about its legacy information systems and whether the agency plans to modernize the platforms. Sens.
MoreNASA has inked a $490 million contract with Russia to keep sending American astronauts to the International Space Station aboard Russian-built space vehicles. The deal was sealed after Congress failed to pass
MoreNASA Administrator Charles Bolden has signed contracts with space agency executives of Spain and France for the countries to continue projects for future exploration missions to Mars. NASA said Tuesday the agreement calls
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