NASA combines exploration, operations divisions
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2011, 6:40 AM ET (1040 GMT)
NASA announced Friday it has merged directorates within the agency responsible for exploration and human spaceflight operations into a single entity. The Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate combined the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate and the Space Operations Mission Directorate into a single organization. Space operations had been responsible for operations of the space shuttle, ISS, and related programs, while the exploration directorate had been responsible for the Constellation program and, after its cancellation, the MPCV capsule and SLS heavy-lift rocket. Bill Gerstenmaier, who had led the space operations directorate, will lead the new HEO directorate.
NASA announced Friday it has merged directorates within the agency responsible for exploration and human spaceflight operations into a single entity. The Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate combined the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate and the Space Operations Mission Directorate into a single organization. Space operations had been responsible for operations of the space shuttle, ISS, and related programs, while the exploration directorate had been responsible for the Constellation program and, after its cancellation, the MPCV capsule and SLS heavy-lift rocket. Bill Gerstenmaier, who had led the space operations directorate, will lead the new HEO directorate.| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
Apex becomes billion-dollar company with $200 million Series D round
Posted: Sun, Sep 14 4:09 AM ET (0809 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Thursday, September 18
No, SpaceX won't become the 4th US mobile operator
FierceWireless — 11:03 pm ET (0303 GMT) Why Vermont's Broadband Chief Favors Giving Federal Funds to Fiber Over Starlink
PC Magazine — 11:02 pm ET (0302 GMT) Space Force Adds Unit Tying Acquisition to Test and Training
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 10:59 pm ET (0259 GMT) US and UK take part in first-ever coordinated satellite maneuver
Washington Examiner — 10:59 pm ET (0259 GMT) Blue Origin completes 35th New Shepard mission
KTSM-TV El Paso — 10:57 pm ET (0257 GMT) |
