Tag: NASA Headquarters
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NASA Plans Headquarters Relocation as Agency Reorganization Moves Forward
NASA is preparing to relocate its headquarters as part of a broader organizational restructuring effort, with agency officials aiming to identify a new location by the end of 2026. The move comes as the lease on NASA’s current headquarters complex in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to expire in 2028. The agency has occupied the leased…
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Long-time Kennedy Space Center director to take job at NASA Headquarters
Bob Cabana, director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, speaks to employees in 2020. Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson Former space shuttle commander Bob Cabana, who has led NASA’s Kennedy Space Center since 2008, will take a new job in Washington as the space agency’s No. 3 official next week. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Cabana’s appointment as…
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NASA names new chief of human space operations
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Doug Loverro speaks at the 2014 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight. Credit: ISPCS Douglas Loverro, a veteran manager with broad experience in national security space operations, has been selected by NASA to lead the agency’s human space flight programs. He takes over at a critical moment…
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Bridenstine sworn in as 13th NASA administrator
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Vice President Mike Pence, left, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine walk to Bridenstine’s office at NASA Headquarters on Monday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Oklahoma Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine resigned from the House of Representatives Monday and was sworn in as NASA’s 13th administrator by Vice President Mike Pence, chairman…
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Bridenstine narrowly confirmed in Senate to become next NASA chief
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Oklahoma, during a nomination hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Nov. 1, 2017. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Rep. Jim Bridenstine, an Oklahoma Republican, was confirmed Thursday as NASA’s 13th administrator after months of partisan wrangling over his lack of experience in…
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Watch a video replay of NASA’s exoplanet announcement
NASA announced Wednesday the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a star 39 light-years from Earth, and three of the rocky worlds may have the right conditions to support life. Read our full story. Email the author. Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.