Dava Newman assumed the role of deputy administrator at NASA Monday after receiving Senate confirmation in April. Newman was sworn Friday into the position, which has been vacant since September 2013 following Lori Garver’s departure, NASA said Tuesday. “I’m very excited to be at NASA,” said Newman. “I’m looking forward …
Read More »Senate OKs Dava Newman as NASA Deputy Administrator; Charles Bolden Comments
Dava Newman has received Senate confirmation for the role of deputy administrator at NASA via a unanimous vote held more than six months after President Barack Obama submitted her nomination, Space News reported Monday. Jeff Foust writes the NASA deputy administrator post has been vacant since September 2013, when Lori Garver left the space agency. …
Read More »Lori Garver to Resign as NASA Deputy; Charles Bolden Comments
Lori Garver will step down as NASA deputy administrator and take up a new post with the Air Line Pilots Association, Space News reported Wednesday. Brian Berger writes Garver will officially leave the space agency Sept 6 after four years as its number two official. “After quite an extensive decision …
Read More »NASA Deputy Admin Lori Garver to Visit Lockheed Spacecraft Plant
Lori Garver, deputy administrator at NASA, will visit a Lockheed Martin facility Monday to view the next spacecraft to launch to Mars. NASA said Garver will speak with reporters following her tour of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution cleanroom and the facility where the Orion vehicle’s heat shield is …
Read More »In Sign of New Space Agency Approach, NASA Official Meets with Commercial Space Companies
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver visited two commercial space companies earlier this month in Las Vegas and Boulder, Colo., in a series of meetings that could be characterized as “kicking the tires.” Garver, a longtime proponent of commercial spaceflight who exemplifies the government’s new approach for the space agency, is …
Read More »Government, Industry Partner to Address Global Health Challenges
The U.S. Agency for International Development, NASA, the Department of State and NIKE, Inc. have partnered on a initiative called LAUNCH, which seeks to identify, showcase and support innovative approaches to humanity’s sustainability challenges. The second event in the LAUNCH series, LAUNCH: Health, will focus specifically on health issues related …
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