Pamela Melroy | |
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15th Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | |
Assumed office June 21, 2021 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Administrator | Bill Nelson |
Preceded by | James Morhard |
Personal details | |
Born | Pamela Ann Melroy September 17, 1961 Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Wellesley College (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS) |
Space career | |
NASA Astronaut | |
Time in space | 38d 20h 6m |
Selection | 1994 NASA Group |
Missions | STS-92, STS-112, STS-120 |
Mission insignia |
Pamela Ann Melroy (born September 17, 1961) is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. She is the Deputy Administrator of NASA since 2021 during the Joe Biden administration. She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120 before leaving the agency in August 2009.[1]
Melroy will be inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.[2][3]