spacetoday.net: NASA exploration head to become agency's associate administration

NASA exploration head to become agency's associate administration

Posted: Thu, Nov 23, 2023, 7:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
Jim Free, NASA's associate administrator for exploration systems development, is getting a promotion. NASA announced last week that Free will become associate administrator, the number-three position at the agency, at the end of the year. He will succeed Bob Cabana, who announced his retirement earlier in the week. Free returned to NASA in the fall of 2021 after several years in the private sector to lead NASA's exploration efforts. His deputy, Catherine Koerner, will take over as associate administrator for exploration systems development.