Pamela Melroy
Pamela Melroy | |
|---|---|
 Melroy in 2003 | |
| 15th Deputy 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 retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. She is the Deputy Administrator of NASA since 2021 during the Joe Biden administration. She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120 before leaving the agency in August 2009.[1]
Melroy will be inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.[2][3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "NASA - Veteran Astronaut Pam Melroy Leaves NASA". www.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
- ↑ "Rochester woman to be inducted into US Astronaut Hall of Fame". WSYR. 2020-01-25. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
- ↑ "1-on-1 with Pamela Melroy: Rochester native to be inducted in Astronaut Hall of Fame". RochesterFirst. 2020-01-24. Archived from the original on 2020-01-25. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
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