Pamela Melroy
Pamela Melroy | |
|---|---|
 Melroy in 2003 | |
| 15thDeputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | |
| Assumed office June 21, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Administrator | Bill Nelson |
| Preceded by | James Morhard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pamela Ann Melroy September 17, 1961 Palo Alto, California,U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College(BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MS) |
| Space career | |
| NASA Astronaut | |
Time in space | 38d 20h 6m |
| Selection | 1994 NASA Group |
| Missions | STS-92,STS-112,STS-120 |
Mission insignia |    |
Pamela Ann Melroy(born September 17, 1961) is a retiredUnited States Air Forceofficer and a formerNASAastronaut.She is theDeputy Administrator of NASAsince 2021 during theJoe Bidenadministration. She served as pilot onSpace ShuttlemissionsSTS-92andSTS-112and commanded missionSTS-120before leaving the agency in August 2009.[1]
Melroy will be inducted into theUnited States Astronaut Hall of Fameat theKennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.[2][3]
References[change|change source]
- ↑"NASA - Veteran Astronaut Pam Melroy Leaves NASA".www.nasa.gov.Archived fromthe originalon 2009-07-26.Retrieved2021-04-16.
- ↑"Rochester woman to be inducted into US Astronaut Hall of Fame".WSYR.2020-01-25.Retrieved2020-01-26.
- ↑"1-on-1 with Pamela Melroy: Rochester native to be inducted in Astronaut Hall of Fame".RochesterFirst.2020-01-24.Retrieved2020-01-26.
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