NASA: Kathy Lueders First Woman to Head Human Spaceflight
The NASA official Kathy Lueders who dealt with the debut private maintained trip into space a month ago has been elevated to turn into the first female head of human spaceflight, the organization said Friday, as it gets ready to return individuals to the Moon in 2024.
“Kathy Lueders has been selected to lead @NASA’s Human Exploration & Operations Mission Directorate,” NASA head Jim Bridenstine announced on Twitter.
“Kathy has successfully managed both the Commercial Crew & Commercial Cargo programs and is the right person to lead HEO as we prepare to send astronauts to the Moon in 2024,” he added.
Lueders, who joined NASA in 1992, administered the May 30 dispatch of two space explorers on a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station – the main at any point ran business trip into space.
She has for quite a long time been responsible for the thorough testing program for space containers created by SpaceX, Boeing and different organizations that are joining forces with NASA to manufacture vessels that can securely bring people into space.
“You can never sell this NASA and SpaceX team short, they’ve accomplished miracles for me,” Lueders said in a briefing before last month’s launch.