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NASA Oral History Project: Administrators
This ongoing
NASA Oral History Project captures information from the individuals
who were involved in key positions with the Space Agency.
Abrahamson,
James A.
7-23-12)
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Associate
Administrator, Space
Shuttle Program |
| Aldridge,
Edward C.
5-29-09
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USAF-NASA
Liaison
Chairman, Commission
on the Implementation of U.S. Exploration Policy |
Beggs, James M.
3-7-02 |
Assistant Administrator, Office
of Advanced Research and Technology,
NASA Headquarters,
1968-1969
NASA Administrator,
NASA Headquarters,
1981-1985 |
Bingham,
Jeff M.
11-9-06 |
Senior
Adviser
for Space, Aeronautics and Related Sciences, Senate Commerce,
Science, and Transportation Committee |
Cabana, Robert D.
7-15-15
11-17-15
4-28-17 |
Space Shuttle Astronaut
Chief, Astronaut Office
Deputy Director, FCOD
Manager, International Operations
Director, Human Space Flight
Programs, Russia
Deputy Program Manager, ISS
Director, FCOD
Deputy Director, Johnson Space
Center
Director, Stennis Space Center
Director, Kennedy Space Center |
Cepollina,
Frank J.
6-11-13 |
Goddard
Space Flight Center
Associate
Director,
Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (SSCO) |
Cline,
Lynn F. H.
3-17-16 |
International
Affairs Officer
Deputy Director, International
Relations
Director of Space Flight, Office
of External Relations
Deputy Assistant Administrator, External
Relations
Deputy Associate Administrator, Space
Flight
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Dailey,
John R.
7-24-12 |
Director,
National
Air and Space Museum
Acting Associate Deputy Administrator,
NASA Headquarters |
Earls,
Julian M.
2-22-06
2-23-06
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Head,
Health Physics Section, Nuclear Systems Division; Chief,
Health, Safety, and Security Division, Administration and
Computer Services Directorate; Director,
Office of Health Services; Assistant
Deputy Director, Business Resources Development;
Director and Chief Information Officer,
Administration and Computer Services; Deputy
Director, Operations; Deputy
Director, Director, Glenn Research Center (Lewis
Research Center), 1968-2005 |
Finger,
Harold B
5-16-02
Bio Sheet |
Engineer,
NACA Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory,
1944-1957
Director, Nuclear Systems, NASA
Headquarters, 1958-1967
Associate Administrator, Organization
and Management, NASA Headquarters, 1967-1969 |
Fisk,
Lennard A.
9-8-10
9-9-10
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Chief
Scientist,
Associate Administrator of Space
Science and Applications, NASA HQ, 1987-1993
Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard
Space Flight Center, 1971-1977 |
| Francois,
Stephen M.
7-22-08
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Kennedy
Space Center, Florida
Propulsion
and Mechanical Engineer, Centaur
Division, Expendable Launch Directorate
Branch Chief, Centaur
Propulsion and Mechanical Branch
Chief, Launch
Operations Division
Deputy, Shuttle
Payload Operations Directorate
Director, Space
Station and Shuttle Payloads
Program Manager,Launch
Services Program |
| Frankle,
Edward A.
11-18-03
Bio Sheet |
Chief
Counsel,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 1982-1985
Deputy General Counsel, NASA
Headquarters, 1985-1988
General Counsel, NASA Headquarters,
1988-2001 |
Frutkin,
Arnold W.
1-11-02
3-8-02 |
NASA
Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, NASA
Headquarters, 1963-1978 |
Gerstenmaier,
William H.
9-22-98
1-10-08
6-12-13 |
Lewis
(Glenn) Research Center
Engineer, Aeronautical Research
for Space Shuttle, Lewis (Glenn) Research Center
Johnson Space
Center
Head, Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle
Operations Office, Systems Division, JSC.
Head, Space Shuttle/Space Station
Freedom Assembly Operations Office, Operations Division.
Manager, Shuttle/Mir Program
Operations
Manager, Space Shuttle Program
Integration
Deputy Manager/Manager, International
Space Station Program NASA
Headquarter
Associate Administrator for
Space Operations Directorate
Associate Administrator for
Human Exploration and Operations Directorate
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Goldin,
Daniel S.
9-21-13 |
Vice
President and General Manager
of the TRW Space and Technology Group
NASA Administrator, NASA Headquarters,
1992 - 2001
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Hale,
N. Wayne
4-14-08
4-23-14
5-28-14 |
Propulsion
Officer,
Mission Operations Directorate (1978–1985)
Head, Integrated Communications
Section, Mission Operations Directorate (1985)
Head, Propulsion Systems Section,
Mission Operations Directorate (1986–1988)
Flight Director, Mission Operations
Directorate (1988–2003)
Deputy Chief Shuttle Operations,
Flight Director Office, (2001–2003)
Launch Integration Manager,
Space Shuttle Program – KSC, Florida (2003)
Deputy Manager, Space Shuttle
Program (2003–2005)
Director, Space Shuttle Program
(2005-2008)
Deputy Program Administrator,
Strategic Partnerships, NASA HQ, Washington, DC
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Hall,
John F.
7-17-17
8-4-17 |
NASA
Headquarters
Senior Counsel, International
and Commercial Space Programs
Administrator, Export Control
Manager, International Technology
Transfer Policy
Director, Export Control and
Interagency Liaison |
Hawes,
W. Michael
7-12-17
8-1-18
11-28-18 |
Johnson
Space Center
Mission Control team, Skylab
Reentry team
Space Shuttle Experiment Integration
Payload Officer, Shuttle, Mission
Control Center
NASA
Headquarters
Deputy Associate Administrator,
International Space Station
Program Director, International
Space Station
Associate Administrator for
Independent Program and Cost Evaluation
Deputy Associate Administrator
for Program Integration, Office of Space Operations
Lockheed
Martin Space Systems Company
Vice President and Orion Program Manager |
Hinners,
Noel W.
8-18-10
8-19-10
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Apollo
science and site selection,
Apollo Program, Bellcomm, Inc., 1963-1972
Deputy Director, Lunar Programs,
Office of Space Science, NASA HQ, 1972-1974
Associate Administrator for
Space Science, 1974-1979
Director, National Air and
Space Museum, 1979-1982
Director, Goddard Space Flight
Center, 1982-1987
Associate Deputy Administrator, Chief
Scientist, NASA HQ, 1987-1989 |
Huntoon,
Carolyn
6-5-02
4-21-08 |
Center
Director,
NASA Johnson Space Center,
1994-1995 |
Huntress,
Wesley T.
4-29-02
Bio
Sheet |
Research Scientist, Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 1968-1988
Deputy Director, Earth Science
and Applications Division, NASA
Headquarters, 1988-1990
Director, Solar System Exploration
Division, NASA Headquarters, 1990-1993
Associate Administrator, Space
Science, NASA Headquarters, 1993-1998 |
Jenkins,
Harriet G.
8-5-11 |
Assistant
Administrator, Equal
Opportunity Programs,1974-1992 |
Kennel,
Charles F.
4-29-02 |
Associate Administrator, NASA
Mission to Planet Earth Enterprise, NASA Headquarters, 1994-96
NASA Advisory Council, 1998
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Klumpp,
Allan R.
5-9-18
5-10-18 |
Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
Engineer, Analytical
Design Group
JPL Team Representative, Space
Task Group (at Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia)
Member, JPL
Systems Support Group (at NASA Headquarters)
MIT
Instrumentation Laboratory
(Apollo Lunar Descent Guidance, Apollo Guidance Computer
assembly language, Lunar Module Steering System)
Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
Shuttle
Ascent Steering computer program |
Ladwig,
Alan
4-11-17
6-7-17 |
NASA
Headquarters
Program Manager, Shuttle Student
Involvement Project
Program Manager, NASA’s
Space Flight Participant Program
Assistant to Dr. Sally Ride
and Chair of Long Range Planning
Task Force
Director of Special Projects,
Office of Exploration.
Associate Administrator, Office
of Policy and Plans
Senior Advisor to the Administrator
and NASA Review Team for the Obama-Biden Transition Team
Liaison to the White House
Office of Public Engagement and the Office of Science and
Technology Policy
Deputy Associate Administrator
for Communications, Public Outreach |
Larson,
Harry O.
Myers, David W.
1-29-20 |
Members
of the “Gallaudet Eleven” |
Lightfoot,
Robert M.
6-22-18
7-26-18
12-18-18 |
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Test Engineer/Program Manager,
Propulsion Test Operations
Deputy Division Chief, Propulsion
Test Operations
NASA Stennis Space Center
Chief, Propulsion Test Operations
Deputy Director, Propulsion
Test Directorate
Director, Propulsion Test
Directorate
NASA Headquarters
Assistant Associate Administrator
for the Space Shuttle Program, Office of Space Operations
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Manager, Shuttle Propulsion
Office
Deputy Director
Acting Center Director
Center Director
NASA Headquarters
Associate Administrator
Acting Administrator |
Lovelace,
Alan M.
7-14-11 |
Associate
Administrator,
NASA Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology
NASA Deputy Administrator
NASA Acting Administrator
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Mather,
John C.
6-11-13
6-8-17 |
Goddard
Space Flight Center
Senior Astrophysicist,
Observational Cosmology Laboratory,
Winner
of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 2006 |
Mulville,
Daniel R.
6-13-13 |
NASA
Headquarters
Deputy Director, Materials
and Structures Division, Office of Aeronautics and Space
Technology
Director, Engineering
and Quality Management Division, Safety and Mission Assurance
Chief Engineer
Associate Deputy Administrator
Acting Administrator
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Nafzger,
Richard L.
6-12-13 |
Goddard
Space Flight Center
Television Engineer
Senior Video Engineer
Team Lead in search for Apollo
11 film
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O'Brien,
Michael F.
3-24-07
3-29-17 |
NASA Headquarters
Deputy Assistant Administrator,
External Relations
Assistant Administrator, External
Relations,
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O'Keefe,
Sean
3-21-13
9-23-14
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Administrator,
NASA Headquarters
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Rennilson,
Justin, J.
3-10-20
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Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
Co-investigator, Surveyor Television
Experiment, Space Sciences Division, Space Instruments
Section,
Member, Lunar Geology Investigative
Team on all the Apollo landed missions
Caltech Senior Research Fellow
Participant in NASA grant
to digitalize all available 70mm films from all Surveyor
missions, Lunar and Planetary Department, University of
Arizona
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Roe,
Lesa B.
7-20-18
10-30-18
11-1-07 |
Kennedy
Space Center
Engineer, Radio frequency communications,
Shuttle orbiter communications systems
Engineer, Payload Processing
Engineering
Johnson
Space Center
Manager, International Space
Station Research Program
Langley Research Center
Associate Director for Business
Management
Deputy Center Director
Center Director
NASA
Headquarters
Deputy Associate Administrator
Acting Deputy Administrator
Chancellor
of University of North Texas System |
Rothenberg,
Joseph H.
Bio Sheet
3-12-04 |
Hubble
Space Telescope Operations Manager,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 1983-1987
Chief, Mission Operations
Division, Mission Operations and Data Systems Directorate,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 1987-1989
Deputy Director, Mission Operations
and Data Systems Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center, 1989-1990
Associate Director for Hubble
Space Telescope Flight Projects, NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center, 1990-1994
Deputy Center Director, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, 1995
Center Director, NASA Goddard
Space Flight Center, 1995-1998
Associate Administrator, Office
of Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, 1998-2001 |
Schenk,
Henry J.
6-13-13
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Goddard
Space Flight Center
Manager,
Test and Integration Group
Associate STDN Program Manager,
Systems, Planning and Analysis
Associate Program Manager,
Nascom Communications
Associate Program Manager,
Networks
Deputy Program Manager, Project and Mission Management
Department
Director, Deep Space Network
Program
GSFC Customer Services Director,
CSOC Contract
NEN Commercialization Services Manager
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Soper,
Josie A.
4-19-06
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Administrative
Support, Public Affairs, Legislative Affairs, Office
of the Administrator, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C,
1962-2006. |
Splawn,
James L.
3-27-19 |
Marshall
Spaceflight Center
Engineer, Manufacturing Engineering
Lab
Neutral Buoyancy Simulator |
Stadd,
Courtney A.
1-8-02
1-7-03
11-19-03
6-6-17 |
Deputy
Associate Administrator, Office of
Advanced Concepts and Technology, and Special Assistant
to the Administrator, NASA Headquarters, 1992-1993
Head, Presidential Transition Team,
December 2000
Chief of Staff and White House Liaison,
NASA Headquarters, 2001-2003 |
Stafford,
Thomas P.
10-15-98
4-23-15
Bio Sheet |
Gemini,
Apollo, and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Astronaut |
Taub,
William P.
11-8-06
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Photographer,
NACA, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
Photographer, NASA Headquarters,
Washington, D.C., 1941-1975 |
Thompson-King,
Sumara
3-19-13
3-4-15
4-24-15 |
NASA
General Counsel |
Thompson,
J. R.
4-29-02 |
Director
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama, 1986-1989
NASA
Deputy Administrator,
NASA Headquarters, 1989-1991 |
Truly,
Richard H.
6 -16-03
Bio Sheet |
Space
Shuttle Astronaut
Associate Administrator for
Space Flight (1986-1989)
Administrator for Space Flight
(1989-1992) |
Young,
A. Thomas
6 10-13 |
Director,
Goddard Center
Deputy Director, Ames Research
Center
Director, Planetary Program,
Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters
Mission Director, Project Viking
Mars Landing Program, Langley Research Center |
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