Space architecture

NASA Administrator Names New Head of Space Technology

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Kurt "Spuds" Vogel will serve as the new associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate ( STMD ) at the agency's headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Tuesday.

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Kurt "Spuds" Vogel will serve as the new associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate ( STMD ) at the agency's headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Tuesday.
  • Dr. Prasun Desai has served as the acting associate administrator since and now will return to his previous role as deputy associate administrator for STMD.
  • "I am confident his leadership will help NASA continue pushing the boundaries of what's possible with space technologies and advancing American leadership in space."
  • Previously, Vogel was appointed as the director of space architectures within the Office of the Administrator at NASA Headquarters, a role he has served since July 19, 2021.

NASA Highlights Science, New Airlock on Next Space Station Resupply Mission

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

David Brady, associate program scientist for the International Space Station Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, will provide an introduction to the research and technology aboard the Dragon spacecraft.

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  • David Brady, associate program scientist for the International Space Station Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, will provide an introduction to the research and technology aboard the Dragon spacecraft.
  • Brock Howe, program manager for the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock , the first privately funded module to be delivered to the space station.
  • Cargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver critical science research to the space station, significantly increasing NASA's ability to conduct new investigations at the only laboratory in space.
  • The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in exploration, including future human missions to the Moon and eventually to Mars.