CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to an interview availability with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at 1:30 p.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 17, in Kennedy's Multi-Payload Processing Facility ...
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will visit Morgan State University in Baltimore on Jan. 25 to meet with students in the engineering and...
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Congressman Adam Schiff of Pasadena says he had a tense meeting with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Thursday. Schiff says planetary science and the Mars program are expected to face "absolutely devastating" cuts. Schiff says if joint ...
Michael Griffin is Administrator. According to whitehouse.gov: Nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate, Michael Griffin began his duties as the eleventh Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on April 14, 2005. As Administrator, he leads the NASA team and manages its resources...more
Michael Griffin is Administrator. According to whitehouse.gov: Nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate, Michael Griffin began his duties as the eleventh Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on April 14, 2005. As Administrator, he leads the NASA team and manages its resources as NASA seeks to advance The U.S. Vision for Space Exploration. Prior to being nominated as NASA Administrator, Griffin was serving as Space Department Head at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD. He was previously President and Chief Operating Officer of In-Q-Tel, Inc., and also served in several positions within Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dulles, VA, including Chief Executive Officer of Orbital’s Magellan Systems division. Earlier in his career, Griffin served as Chief Engineer and as Associate Administrator for Exploration at NASA, and as Deputy for Technology at the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, and George Washington University, where he taught courses in spacecraft design, applied mathematics, guidance and navigation, compressible flow, computational fluid dynamics, spacecraft attitude control, astrodynamics and introductory aerospace engineering. He is the lead author of more than two dozen technical papers, as well as the textbook, "Space Vehicle Design." A registered professional engineer in Maryland and California, Griffin is a fellow of the American Astronautical Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He is a recipient of the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, the AIAA Space Systems Medal and the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest award given to a non-government employee. Griffin received a bachelor's degree in Physics from Johns Hopkins University; a master's degree in Aerospace Science from Catholic University of America; a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland; a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California; a master's degree in Applied Physics from Johns Hopkins University; a master's degree in Business Administration from Loyola College; and a master's degree in Civil Engineering from George Washington University. He is a certified flight instructor with instrument and multiengine ratings.