Posted: Sat, Sep 6, 2025, 8:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
NASA has named the head of an exploration planning office as its new associate administrator. NASA announced Wednesday that Amit Kshatriya, formerly head of the Moon to Mars Program Office, will serve as associate administrator, the top-ranking civil service post at the agency. That position had been filled on an acting basis since early this year by Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche after the former associate administrator, Jim Free, left the agency in February. NASA said the move is intended to emphasize that it is putting exploration “at the very core” of the agency.

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