
The Safety and Mission Assurance Directors from all NASA centers came together July 26-28, 2016 at Goddard Space Flight Center for their quarterly meeting. As part of the event, the attendees received a tour of the facilities and a briefing from the Goddard's Solar System Exploration Division Director Dr. Paul Mahaffy.

JSC FLIGHT DIRECTOR CLASS OF 2015 VISITS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PAYLOAD OPERATION INTEGRATION CENTER AT MSFC, NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Official portrait of Marshall Space Flight Center Associate Director Steve Miley

Stennis Space Center Director Patrick Scheuermann (right) hosted directors from six other NASA centers during a forum discussion at the south Mississippi rocket engine test facility Nov. 9. The directors discussed the future of the American space program from their perspectives during an all hands session with Stennis employees. Participants were: (l to r) David McBride, Lesa Roe, Ray Lugo, Bob Cabana, Robert Lightfoot, Mike Coats and Scheuermann.

Kelvin Manning, Kennedy associate director, technical, at right, visits with representatives from Exploration Ground Systems during the center director update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders on March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Center Director Bob Cabana recapped achievements and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro.

MAF Director Robert Champion stands in front of the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana – America’s Rocket Factory.

MAF Director Robert Champion stands in front of the Michoud Assembly Facility – America’s Rocket Factory.

MAF Director Robert Champion stands in front of the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana – America’s Rocket Factory.

MAF Director Robert Champion stands in front of the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana – America’s Rocket Factory.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. From left, Scott Thurston, Kennedy deputy of the spacecraft office of the Commercial Crew Program, talks with Scott Colloredo, director of the Center Planning and Development Directorate. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

A guest visits with a representative from the Engineering Directorate during NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana’s update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana’s presentation covered recent accomplishments and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

MAF Director Robert Champion stands within the Michoud Assembly Facility model room to showcase the Artemis program, Space Launch System (SLS) hardware, and facility resources of America’s Rocket Factory.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. An attendee talks with engineers Jason Hopkins and Lisa Lutz, at the Ground Systems Development and Operations display. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Attendees mingled and visited various displays, including Ground Systems Development and Operations Program and Education Office displays. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Rob Mueller, a senior technologist, talks to an attendee about Kennedy’s Swamp Works Laboratory. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. An attendee talks with Trent Smith, program manager, and Tammy Belk, a program specialist, at the ISS Ground Processing and Research Office display. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during KSC Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Attendees talk with Trey Carlson, Kennedy Master Planner, at the Center Planning and Development Directorate, or CPDD, display. In the background is Mario Busacca, chief of CPDD’s Spaceport Planning Office. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana briefs the community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers, and state and local government leaders attending the Kennedy Space Center Director in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Debus Center. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana addresses the community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers, and state and local government leaders attending the Kennedy Space Center Director in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Debus Center. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. At left, Susan Fernandez from the Office of Senator Marco Rubio talks with another attendee near the Education display. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana welcomes community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers, and state and local government leaders to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Debus Center for the Kennedy Space Center Director Update. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. An attendee talks with Scott Thurston, Kennedy deputy of the spacecraft office at the Commercial Crew Program display. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana updates community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders on Kennedy-led programs and accomplishments during a presentation March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana recapped achievements and future plans for the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

Guests visit with a representative from Exploration Research and Technology during NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana’s update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana’s presentation covered recent accomplishments and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

Guests visit with representatives from the Launch Services Program (LSP) during NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana’s update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana’s presentation covered recent accomplishments and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, LSP, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

Guests visit with representatives from United Launch Alliance during NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana’s update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana’s presentation covered recent accomplishments and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, far right, updates community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders on Kennedy-led programs and accomplishments during a presentation March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana recapped achievements and future plans for the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

Guests visit with a representative from Boeing before NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana’s update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana’s presentation covered recent accomplishments and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana updates community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders on Kennedy-led programs and accomplishments during a presentation March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana recapped achievements and future plans for the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana updates community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders on Kennedy-led programs and accomplishments during a presentation March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana recapped achievements and future plans for the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

A guest visits with representatives from Jacobs during NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana’s update to community leaders, business executives, partners, educators and government leaders March 29, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Cabana’s presentation covered recent accomplishments and future plans for Kennedy-led programs, including the Commercial Crew Program, Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Exploration Research and Technology, and Center Planning and Development. After the presentation, guests had the opportunity to ask questions and visit displays from the programs and some of the commercial partners.

GRC Center Director, Dr. Marla Perez-Davis reacts to a presentation during the Retirement Reception for the Director of Aeronautics, Ruben Del Rosario

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses Kennedy employees in the center’s training auditorium following a live broadcast presentation by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on July 29, 2019. Cabana stressed the importance of a continued focus on safety and touched on important milestones in the coming year, including manned test missions by Boeing and SpaceX from the Florida spaceport.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses Kennedy employees in the center’s training auditorium following a live broadcast presentation by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on July 29, 2019. Cabana stressed the importance of a continued focus on safety and touched on important milestones in the coming year, including manned test missions by Boeing and SpaceX from the Florida spaceport.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses Kennedy employees in the center’s training auditorium following a live broadcast presentation by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on July 29, 2019. Cabana stressed the importance of a continued focus on safety and touched on important milestones in the coming year, including manned test missions by Boeing and SpaceX from the Florida spaceport.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses Kennedy employees in the center’s training auditorium following a live broadcast presentation by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on July 29, 2019. Cabana stressed the importance of a continued focus on safety and touched on important milestones in the coming year, including manned test missions by Boeing and SpaceX from the Florida spaceport.

Summer 2018 College Intern Orientation. Center Director Chris Scolese.

Center Director Chris Scolese with NASA Scholarship winner David Gardner

James Green , NASA PLanetary Science Division Director at the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) ORBIT INSERTION event

Jody Singer, MSFC Director, responds to reporter’s question during Q&A session at Chamber Media Briefing at USSRC

Deputy Center Director George Morrow at the Hubble 25th Anniversary event for employees at Goddard Space Flight Center

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana, second from right, welcomes community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers, and state and local government leaders to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Debus Center for the Kennedy Space Center Director Update. At far right is Brevard County District 1 Commissioner Robin Fisher. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Pete Nickolenko is the STS-127 shuttle launch director. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Director's Strategic Management

Flight Director Matt Smith studies the data during the second post-launch trajectory correction maneuver during Perseverance's cruise to Mars. The team is in the Mission Support Area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24195

Portrait of Floyd L. Thompson NASA Langley Center Director

Director's Colloquium: Dr. Harold 'Sonny' White presents Eagleworks Laboratories: Advanced Propulsion. Meet and greet following colloquium

Smithy J. DeFrance (Ames Director) at tail of Ames Lear Jet (NASA-701)

Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, Glenn Research Center Director, photo taken at the Agency Honor Awards cremony in 2019

Dr Chris McKay presents a Director's Colloquium to Ames staff and summer interns on 'Missions to Investigate the Polar Ice of Mars: Phoenix and Beyond'

Dr Chris McKay presents a Director's Colloquium to Ames staff and summer interns on 'Missions to Investigate the Polar Ice of Mars: Phoenix and Beyond'

Dr Chris McKay presents a Director's Colloquium to Ames staff and summer interns on 'Missions to Investigate the Polar Ice of Mars: Phoenix and Beyond'

Dr Chris McKay presents a Director's Colloquium to Ames staff and summer interns on 'Missions to Investigate the Polar Ice of Mars: Phoenix and Beyond'

Dr Chris McKay presents a Director's Colloquium to Ames staff and summer interns on 'Missions to Investigate the Polar Ice of Mars: Phoenix and Beyond'

Dr Chris McKay presents a Director's Colloquium to Ames staff and summer interns on 'Missions to Investigate the Polar Ice of Mars: Phoenix and Beyond'

Dr Chris McKay presents a Director's Colloquium to Ames staff and summer interns on 'Missions to Investigate the Polar Ice of Mars: Phoenix and Beyond'

Dr Chris McKay presents a Director's Colloquium to Ames staff and summer interns on 'Missions to Investigate the Polar Ice of Mars: Phoenix and Beyond'

Dr Chris McKay presents a Director's Colloquium to Ames staff and summer interns on 'Missions to Investigate the Polar Ice of Mars: Phoenix and Beyond'

Dr. William R. Lucas served as Marshall Space Flight Center Director from June 15, 1974 until July 3, 1986, when he retired after thirty-four years of civil service. Prior to the appointment, Lucas served as Center Deputy Director (1971-1974), Program Development Director (1968-1971), Astronautics Laboratory Director (1966-1968), and Propulsion and Vehicle Laboratory Director (1960-1966).

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, in the center, tours the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2020, with Russell Vought, in front at right, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Accompanying them is Kennedy Director Bob Cabana, second from left. Behind Vought is Kennedy Deputy Director Janet Petro. At right, next to Petro, is Brian McCormack, associate director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. The VAB is critical to the assembly of the Space Launch System rocket for NASA’s Artemis program. The Office of Management and Budget is working with the U.S. Congress to line up the necessary resources to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, far right, accompanies Russell Vought, second from right, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, on a tour of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Aug. 28, 2020. Leading the group, in front, is NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, along with NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Janet Petro, and Mike Bolger, manager of Kennedy’s Exploration Ground Systems Directorate. The VAB is critical to the assembly of the Space Launch System rocket for NASA’s Artemis program. The Office of Management and Budget is working with the U.S. Congress to line up the necessary resources to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, second from right, accompanies Russell Vought, third from right, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, far right, on a tour of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Aug. 28, 2020. Third from left is Kennedy Deputy Director Janet Petro, and fourth from right is Mike Bolger, manager of Kennedy’s Exploration Ground Systems Directorate. The VAB is critical to the assembly of the Space Launch System rocket for NASA’s Artemis program. The Office of Management and Budget is working with the U.S. Congress to line up the necessary resources to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.

Director's Colloquium: Ruslan Belikov, Ames Astrophysicist presents 'Imaging other Earths and High Contrast Coronagraphy at Ames abstract: Exoplanet detection over the past decade - Audio available through Ames Library

Dr Chris McKay, Ames presents Director's Colloquium entitled 'Titan: rain, storms, lakes and organic goo.' (Saturn moon) Intro by Dr Stephanie Langhoff, Ames Research Center

Dr. J. Wayne Littles served as director of the Marshall Space Flight Center from February 3, 1996 until his retirement from NASA, January 3, 1998. Prior to his appointment as Center Director, Littles served as NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Space Flight (1994-1996). Littles began his NASA career in 1967 when he worked as an engineer in Marshall's former Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Directorate. He worked in various capacities at the Marshall Center, including Science Engineering Director (1988-1989) and Center Deputy Director (1989-1994) before transferring to NASA Headquarters in 1994.

The seven-member crew of the Space Shuttle mission STS-92 gathered in front of the Shuttle Discovery shortly after landing at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California October 24, 2000. They are seen here with NASA Dryden Fight Research Center Director Kevin Petersen and Deputy Director Wallace Sawyer. From left are mission specialists Koichi Wakata, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Jeff Wisoff, Bill McArthur and Leroy Chiao, pilot Pam Melroy and mission commander Brian Duffy. Between Jeff Wisoff and Brian McArthur are Kevin Petersen and Wally Sawyer, wearing ordinary civilian clothing.

Mr. David A. King has been named the tenth Director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Appointed to take Director's office June 15, 2003, King has been serving as Deputy Director of MSFC since November 2002. With 20 years experience in spacecraft and high-technology systems, Mr. King began his NASA career at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida in 1983 as a main propulsion system engineer. He later served as flow director for the Space Shuttle Discovery and then as the acting deputy director of the installation Operations Directorate. He was appointed deputy director of Shuttle Processing in 1996, Launch Director in 1997, and director of Shuttle Processing in 1999.

In the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit facility at the Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex, center director Bob Cabana, right, speaks with guests and employees at the Florida spaceport. This followed a presentation by center director Bob Cabana who updated community leaders on current and future activities at the space center.

JSC2010-E-045169 (30 March 2010) --- Flight director Paul Dye

JSC2010-E-045170 (30 March 2010) --- Flight director Courtenay McMillan

JSC2010-E-045164 (30 March 2010) --- Flight director Ginger Kerrick

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Official portrait of Roy D. Bridges, Jr., Director of Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Portrait of Lt. Gen. Forrest S. McCartney, KSC Center Director Photo credit: NASA

Hans Mark, Ames Director meets and greets visiting Congressman Lou Frey & Congressman Don Fugua

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Official portrait of Kennedy Space Center Director, Richard G. Smith Photo credit: NASA

Official portrait of William W. "Bill" Parsons, director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Official portrait of Robert L. Crippen, KSC Center Director Photo credit: NASA

Dr. von Braun became Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center on July 1, 1960.

Directors Colloquium: Science Seminar by John Coates, Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of California, Berkeley, on Microbial Perchlorate Reduction. The discovery of perchlorate in soils at the Phoenix Landing site, makes this type of organisms interesting analogues to potential life on Mars.

Directors Colloquium: Science Seminar by John Coates, Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of California, Berkeley, on Microbial Perchlorate Reduction. The discovery of perchlorate in soils at the Phoenix Landing site, makes this type of organisms interesting analogues to potential life on Mars.

Directors Colloquium: Science Seminar by John Coates, Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of California, Berkeley, on Microbial Perchlorate Reduction. The discovery of perchlorate in soils at the Phoenix Landing site, makes this type of organisms interesting analogues to potential life on Mars.

Directors Colloquium: Science Seminar by John Coates, Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of California, Berkeley, on Microbial Perchlorate Reduction. The discovery of perchlorate in soils at the Phoenix Landing site, makes this type of organisms interesting analogues to potential life on Mars.

Directors Colloquium: Science Seminar by John Coates, Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of California, Berkeley, on Microbial Perchlorate Reduction. The discovery of perchlorate in soils at the Phoenix Landing site, makes this type of organisms interesting analogues to potential life on Mars.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, second from right, speaks to Russell Vought, across from him, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, during a tour of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Aug. 28, 2020. Standing to the left of Vought is NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Third from right is Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Janet Petro. The VAB is critical to the assembly of the Space Launch System rocket for NASA’s Artemis program. The Office of Management and Budget is working with the U.S. Congress to line up the necessary resources to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Official retirement portrait of Jay F. Honeycutt, Director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Official portrait of Lee R. Scherer, Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2010-E-045165 (30 March 2010) --- Flight director Michael L. (Mike) Sarafin

JSC2010-E-045171 (30 March 2010) --- Flight director Ed Van Cise

JSC2010-E-045161 (30 March 2010) --- Flight director Richard S. Jones

Dr. William R. Lucas, Marshall's fourth Center Director (1974-1986), delivers a speech in front of a picture of the lunar landscape with Earth looming in the background while attending a Huntsville Chamber of Commerce reception honoring his achievements as Director of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).

Portrait of Marshall's eighth Center Director Dr. Jerroll W. Littles (1996-1998). During the two short years as Center Director, Dr. Littles' administration was responsible for the space lab mission, the space science projects, alternative light-weight launch vehicles and their engine development.

Portrait of Marshall's third Center Director Dr. Rocco A. Petrone (1973-1974) standing in front of a Saturn V rocket. Dr. Petrone personally supervised the Apollo 11 Mission and then became Director of the Apollo program in 1969 before coming to Marshall. At Marshall he continued to direct the marned space flight programs.

Dr. Dale Compton (Ames Director) visits McNair school and speaks with students

Dr. Dale Compton (Ames Director) visits McNair school and speaks with students