Administrator der NASA

Der amtierende NASA-Administrator Bill Nelson

Der Administrator der NASA ist der Leiter der National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), der Weltraumorganisation der Vereinigten Staaten. Zudem ist er der raumfahrtwissenschaftliche Berater des Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten.

Erster NASA-Administrator wurde im Jahre 1958 Thomas Keith Glennan. Vor der Gründung der NASA waren die verschiedenen staatlichen Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojekte der Raumfahrt auf verschiedene Stellen verteilt. Eine seiner ersten Aufgaben war es daher, diese unter der neuen Behörde zu vereinen.[1]

Daniel Goldin hielt mit über neuneinhalb Jahren bislang den Posten für die längste Zeit.[2] Die einzige Person, die die Stelle zweimal innehatte, war James C. Fletcher, der nach dem Challenger-Unglück zur NASA zurückkehrte.[3]

Der am längsten amtierende kommissarisch stellvertretende Administrator war John R. Dailey, der die Stelle nach seiner Pensionierung vom United States Marine Corps antrat.[4] Der längste stellvertretende Administrator war Hugh Latimer Dryden, der erste stellvertretende Administrator der NASA überhaupt.[5] William R. Graham und Frederick D. Gregory hielten die Position des stellvertretenden Administrators zweimal, und waren dazwischen jeweils kommissarischer Administrator.[6][7] Daniel Mulville war zweimal kommissarischer stellvertretender Administrator und dazwischen kommissarisch Administrator.[8]

Liste

FotoNameBeginn der AmtszeitEnde der AmtszeitLänge der AmtszeitBeleg
T. Keith GlennanGlennanT. Keith Glennan1958-08-1919. August 19581961-01-2020. Januar 1961885 Tage[9]
Hugh L. DrydenDrydenHugh L. Dryden (kommissarisch)1961-01-2121. Januar 19611961-02-1414. Februar 196124 Tage[9]
James E. WebbWebbJames E. Webb1961-02-1414. Februar 19611968-10-077. Oktober 19682792 Tage[9]
Thomas O. PainePaineThomas O. Paine (kommissarisch)1968-10-088. Oktober 19681969-03-2121. März 1969164 Tage[9]
PaineThomas O. Paine1969-03-2121. März 19691970-09-1515. September 1970543 Tage[9]
George M. LowLow George M. Low (kommissarisch)1970-09-1616. September 19701971-04-2626. April 1971222 Tage[9]
James C. FletcherFletcherJames C. Fletcher1971-04-2727. April 19711977-05-011. Mai 19772196 Tage[9]
Alan M. LovelaceLovelaceAlan M. Lovelace (kommissarisch)1977-04-022. Mai 19771977-06-2020. Juni 197749 Tage[9]
Robert A. FroschFroschRobert A. Frosch1977-06-2121. Juni 19771981-01-2020. Januar 19811309 Tage[9]
Alan M. LovelaceLovelaceAlan M. Lovelace (kommissarisch)1981-01-2121. Januar 19811981-07-1010. Juli 1981170 Tage[9]
James M. BeggsBeggsJames M. Beggs1981-07-1010. Juli 19811985-12-044. Dezember 19851608 Tage[9]
William R. GrahamGrahamWilliam R. Graham (kommissarisch)1985-12-044. Dezember 19851986-05-1111. Mai 1986158 Tage[9]
James C. FletcherFletcherJames C. Fletcher1986-05-1212. Mai 19861989-04-088. April 19891062 Tage[9]
Dale D. MyersMyersDale D. Myers (kommissarisch)1989-04-088. April 19891989-05-1313. Mai 198935 Tage[9]
Richard H. TrulyTrulyRichard H. Truly (kommissarisch)1989-05-1414. Mai 19891989-06-3030. Juni 198947 Tage[9]
TrulyRichard H. Truly1989-07-011. Juli 19891992-03-3131. März 19921004 Tage[9]
Daniel S. GoldinGoldinDaniel S. Goldin1992-04-011. April 19922001-11-1717. November 20013517 Tage[9]
Daniel R. MulvilleMulvilleDaniel R. Mulville (kommissarisch)2001-11-1919. November 20012001-12-2121. Dezember 200132 Tage[9]
Sean O’KeefeO’KeefeSean O’Keefe2001-12-2121. Dezember 20012005-02-1111. Februar 20051148 Tage[9]
Frederick D. GregoryGregoryFrederick D. Gregory (kommissarisch)2005-02-1111. Februar 20052005-04-1414. April 200562 Tage[9]
Michael D. GriffinGriffinMichael D. Griffin2005-04-1414. April 20052009-01-2020. Januar 20091377 Tage[9]
Christopher ScoleseScoleseChristopher Scolese (kommissarisch)2009-01-2121. Januar 20092009-07-1616. Juli 2009176 Tage[9]
Charles F. Bolden, Jr.BoldenCharles F. Bolden, Jr.2009-07-1517. Juli 20092017-01-1919. Januar 20172743 Tage[9]
Robert M. LightfootLightfoot Robert M. Lightfoot (kommissarisch)2017-01-2020. Januar 20172018-04-2222. April 2018458 Tage[9]
Bidestine Jim Bridenstine2018-04-2323. April 20182021-01-2020. Januar 20211003 Tage[9]
Steve JurczykJurczyk Steve Jurczyk (kommissarisch)2021-01-2020. Januar 20212021-05-033. Mai 2021103 Tage[9]
Bill NelsonNelsonBill Nelson2021-05-033. Mai 20212021-12-31amtierend[10]

Stellvertretende Administratoren

FotoNameBeginn der AmtszeitEnde der AmtszeitLänge der AmtszeitBeleg
Hugh L. DrydenDrydenHugh L. Dryden1958-08-1919. August 19581965-12-022. Dezember 19652662 Tage[9]
Robert C. SeamansSeamansRobert C. Seamans, Jr.1965-12-2121. Dezember 19651968-01-055. Januar 1968745 Tage[9]
Thomas O. PainePaineThomas O. Paine1968-03-2525. März 19681969-03-2020. März 1969360 Tage[9]
George M. LowLowGeorge M. Low1969-12-033. Dezember 19691976-06-055. Juni 19762376 Tage[9]
Alan M. LovelaceLovelaceAlan M. Lovelace1976-07-022. Juli 19761981-07-1010. Juli 19811834 Tage[9]
Hans MarkMarkHans Mark1981-07-1010. Juli 19811984-09-011. September 19841149 Tage[9]
William R. GrahamGrahamWilliam R. Graham1985-11-2525. November 19851985-12-044. Dezember 19859 Tage[9]
1986-05-1111. Mai 19861986-10-011. Oktober 1986143 Tage[9]
Dale D. MyersMyersDale D. Myers1986-10-066. Oktober 19861989-05-1313. Mai 1989950 Tage[9]
James R. ThompsonThompsonJames R. Thompson, Jr.1989-07-066. Juli 19891991-11-088. November 1991885 Tage[9]
Aaron CohenCohenAaron Cohen (kommissarisch)1992-02-1919. Februar 19921992-11-011. November 1992256 Tage[9]
John R. DaileyDaileyJohn R. Dailey (kommissarisch)1992-11-033. November 19921999-12-3131. Dezember 19993173 Tage[9]
Daniel MulvilleMulvilleDaniel Mulville (kommissarisch)2000-01-011. Januar 20002001-11-1919. November 2001688 Tage[9]
2001-12-2121. Dezember 20012002-08-1111. August 2002233 Tage[9]
Frederick D. GregoryGregoryFrederick D. Gregory2002-08-1212. August 20022005-02-2020. Februar 2005923 Tage[9]
2005-04-1414. April 20052005-11-044. November 2005204 Tage[9]
Shana DaleDaleShana Dale2005-11-044. November 20052009-01-1717. Januar 20091171 Tage[9]
Lori GarverGarverLori Garver2009-07-1617. Juli 20092013-09-066. September 20131513 Tage[9]
Dava NewmanNewmanDava Newman2015-05-1515. Mai 20152017-01-1919. Januar 2017615 Tage[9]
Krista PaquinPaquinKrista Paquin
(kommissarisch)
2017-09-1111. September 20172018-05Ende Mai 2018≤ 262 Tage[9][11]
James MonhardMorhardJames Morhard2018-10-1717. Oktober 20182021-01-2020. Januar 2021826 Tage[9]
Pamela MelroyMelroyPam Melroy2021-06-2121. Juni 2021amtierend[12]

Siehe auch

Einzelnachweise

  1. T. Keith Glennan biography. NASA, abgerufen am 17. Juli 2009 (englisch).
  2. NASA: Daniel Saul Goldin. 4. November 2009, abgerufen am 6. Juni 2023 (englisch).
  3. James C. Fletcher biography. NASA, abgerufen am 17. Juli 2009 (englisch).
  4. General John R. Dailey biography. NASA, abgerufen am 17. Juli 2009 (englisch).
  5. Hugh L. Dryden biography. NASA, abgerufen am 17. Juli 2009 (englisch).
  6. William R. Graham biography. NASA, abgerufen am 17. Juli 2009 (englisch).
  7. Frederick D. Gregory biography. NASA, abgerufen am 17. Juli 2009 (englisch).
  8. Daniel Mulville biography. NASA, abgerufen am 17. Juli 2009 (englisch).
  9. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au List of Administrators and Deputy Administrators of NASA. NASA, abgerufen am 17. Juli 2009 (englisch).
  10. Bill Nelson sworn in as NASA’s new administrator. News 13, 3. Mai 2021.
  11. Steve Jurczyk Appointed NASA Associate Administrator; Krista Paquin Retires; Melanie W. Saunders Named Acting Deputy Associate Administrator. NASA-Pressemeldung vom 21. Mai 2018.
  12. Pam Melroy Sworn in as NASA Deputy Administrator. NASA-Pressemeldung vom 21. Juni 2021.

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Daniel R. Mulville, former Acting Administrator of NASA.
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General John R. Dailey from [1]
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Major General Charles F. Bolden, Jr
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Portrait, Jim Bridenstine Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Thursday, April 26, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Dr. Hugh Latimer Dryden, had many titles after his name in his lifetime. In 1949 he became the director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).

Dr. Dryden received many accolades and awards both during his life and after his death, but the greatest and most appropriate honor came on March 26, 1976, when NASA renamed the NASA Flight Research Center as the NASA Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center. At the dedication ceremony NASA Administrator James C. Fletcher stated:

"in 1924, when the fastest racing planes did well to fly at 280 m.p.h., Dryden was already probing the transonic range of . . . flight. Later in the 1920s, he sought to develop methods of accurately measuring . . . turbulence in wind tunnels. In 1938 he was the first American to deliver the Wright Brothers lecture. His 'Turbulence and the Boundary Layer' became a classic summary on the subject. It is most fitting that this Flight Research Center, with its unique and highly specialized capability for solving aerospace problems, should memorialize the genius of Hugh Dryden."

Dr. Dryden was initially an aerodynamicist with the National Bureau of Standards. He did important early work in high-speed aerodynamics. In 1947 he became the director of aeronautical research for the NACA (a predecessor of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Two years later, he became NACA’s director, a position he held until 1958 when he became deputy administrator of NASA.
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Portrait, Dava J. Newman, Deputy Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
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Portrait, James Morhard, Deputy Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
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T. (Thomas) Keith Glennan was the first Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, established October 1, 1958, under the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. As Administrator, Mr. Glennan headed a staff of scientists, engineers, technicians, and other employees engaged in research and development in aeronautics and space matters. In this position he was a member of the president's National Aeronautics and Space Council.

Born in Enderlin, North Dakota, on September 8, 1905, Mr. Glennan earned a degree in electrical engineering from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1927. Following graduation, he worked in the newly developed sound motion picture industry, and later became assistant general service superintendent for Electrical Research Products Company. Mr. Glennan joined the Columbia University Division of War Research in 1942, serving through the war, first as Administrator and then as Director of the U.S. Navy's Underwater Sound Laboratories at New London, Connecticut. For his work he was awarded the Medal of Merit.

Following the war Mr. Glennan became an executive of the Ansco Corp., Binghamton, New York, and became the President of the Case Institute of Technology in 1947. While serving as President at Case he also served with the Atomic Energy Commission. He was NASA's Administrator from 1958 until 1961. Mr. Glennan returned to Case in 1961 where he served until he retired in 1966. Although retired, Mr. Glennan spent two years as president of Associated Universities, Inc., an advocacy group for institutions of higher learning.

Mr. Glennan died on April 11, 1995, in Mitchellville, MD.

Mr. Glennan's portrait was painted by artist Albert Murray of New York.
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Aaron Cohen served as NASA Acting Deputy Administrator from February 19, 1992 to November 1, 1992. Mr. Cohen started at NASA's Johnson Space Center in 1962 working on the Apollo program. After Apollo he served as Manager of the Space Shuttle orbiter, directing the development and testing of the orbiter. In 1986 he assumed the position of Johnson Space Center Director. After retiring from NASA in 1993, Mr. Cohen became the Zachry Professor of Engineering at his alma mater, Texas A&M University.
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Frederick D. Gregory
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Dr. William R. Graham served as NASA Deputy Administrator from November 25, 1985, to December 4, 1985, and as Acting Administrator from December 4, 1985, to May 11, 1986. After the appointment of James Fletcher as NASA Administrator, Dr. Graham served as Deputy Administrator from May 11, 1986, to October 1, 1986. Before joining NASA Dr. Graham was a scientific advisor and consultant to the Reagan Administration. He was also a founder of R&D Associates in the early 1970's. Dr. Graham served as Deputy Administrator for only 9 days before being appointed as NASA' Acting Administrator due to the sudden leave of absence taken by NASA Administrator James Beggs. After serving as Deputy Administrator, Dr. Graham was appointed as Science Advisor to the President in 1986.
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Hans Mark, former Deputy Administrator of NASA
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NASA's fifth administrator was Dr. Robert A. Frosch. Born and raised in New York, Dr. Frosch attended Columbia University where he received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in theoretical physics. After graduating Dr. Frosch went to work for Hudson Laboratories where he eventually became the director.

In September 1963 Dr. Frosch moved to Washington, DC, to serve as Director of Nuclear Test Detection (Project VELA) for the Advanced Research Projects Agency. In 1966, after serving as the deputy director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Dr. Frosch became Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development. During the 1970's Dr. Frosch served as the Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations.

As NASA Administrator during the Carter Administration (1977-1981), Dr. Frosch oversaw the continuation of Space Shuttle development. He retired from NASA in 1981 to serve as Vice President for Research at the General Motors Research Laboratories.
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Official portrait of Deputy NASA Administrator Lori Garver.
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George M. Low, the NASA administrator for the Apollo Program.
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Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly served as NASA Administrator from May 14, 1989 to March 31, 1992. Prior to becoming Administrator, Adm. Truly served as NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Flight. In this position, he led the painstaking rebuilding of the Space Shuttle program after the Challenger accident.

Adm. Truly's career began in the Navy and in 1965 he became one of the first military astronauts selected to the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program in Los Angeles, California. He transferred to NASA as an astronaut in August 1969 then served as capsule communicator for all three Skylab missions in 1973 and the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975.

He was pilot for the 747/Space Shuttle Enterprise approach and landing test flights during 1977, and his first space flight was November 12-14, 1981, as pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-2).

After leaving NASA, Adm. Truly became Vice President and Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta.
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Photo portrait of Chris Scolese, current NASA administrator.
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James M. Beggs served as NASA's sixth administrator from July 1981 to December 1985. Mr. Beggs received degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He held positions at General Dynamics, Westinghouse Electric Corp., and the Summa Corp. Prior to becoming administrator, Mr. Beggs served as Associate Administrator, Office of Advanced Research and Technology at NASA from 1968-1969 and as Under Secretary of Transportation from 1969-1973. After leaving NASA in 1985, Mr. Beggs worked as a consultant.
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Portrait, Robert M. Lightfoot Jr., Acting Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
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Dr. Thomas O. Paine served as Deputy Administrator from January 31, 1968 to October 8, 1968, then as Acting Administrator from October 8, 1968, to March 21, 1969. He assumed the position of NASA Administrator on March 221, 1969 and served in that capacity until September 15, 1970. Prior to his time at NASA, Dr. Paine worked for General Electric conducting research on magnetic and composite materials. After serving as NASA Administrator, he returned to General Electric. In 1985 the White House chose him as chair of a National Commission on Space. Dr. Paine died in May 1992.
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, pictured as a United States Senator-elect from Florida in 2000.
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NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk participates in a news briefing inside the Press Site auditorium at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 22, 2020, following the conclusion of the flight readiness review for NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission, with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, to the International Space Station. This will be SpaceX’s final flight test for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Behnken and Hurley will fly to the orbiting laboratory in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27.
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Krista Paquin, Former Deputy Associate Administrator of NASA
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Daniel S. Goldin was NASA longest tenured administrator, serving from April 1, 1992, to November 17, 2001. Mr. Goldin became well known for his "faster, better, cheaper" approach to cut NASA costs while still delivering a wide variety of aerospace programs. During his administration, Mr. Goldin supervised projects such as the Mars Pathfinder, Hubble Space Telescope Servicing missions, and the International Space Station.
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"Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., served as NASA's Deputy Administrator from December 21, 1965, to January 5, 1968. Before becoming Deputy Administrator Dr. Seamans was NASA's Associate Administrator for five years. Prior to joining NASA, Dr. Seamans was on a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) technical committee. Dr. Seamans had a long working relationship with MIT, where he received his master and doctorate degrees, working as a researcher and professor before his federal service and after his retirement from NASA."
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Official photo portrait of Michel D. Griffin, NASA administrator.
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NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Official Portrait, Friday, June 25, 2021, NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Dale D. Myers served as NASA's Deputy Administrator from October 6, 1986, to May 13, 1989. Prior to becoming Deputy Administrator Mr. Myers served in various positions inside NASA as well as in the private sector. Mr. Myers also served as a member of the NASA Advisory Council and provided advice and counsel to NASA top management on aeronautics and space programs.
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Official NASA portrait of former MSFC director James R. Thompson Jr.
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Dr. James C. Fletcher served as NASA Administrator from April 27, 1971, to May 1, 1977, and from May 12, 1986, to April 8, 1989. During his first administration at NASA, Dr. Fletcher was responsible for beginning the Shuttle effort, as well as the Viking program that sent landers to Mars. He oversaw the Skylab missions and Viking probes and approved the Voyager space probe, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. During his second tenure, he presided over the effort to recover from the Challenger accident. Dr. Fletcher died in December 1991 of lung cancer.