Administrator of NASA
Appearance
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | |
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Reports to | President |
Seat | Washington, D.C. |
Nominator | President with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
Inaugural holder | Thomas Keith Glennan |
Salary | $185,100 annually (Executive Schedule II) |
Website | Bill Nelson, NASA |
The Administrator and Deputy Administrator of NASA are the highest-ranked officials of NASA, the space agency of the United States. The Administrator serves as the senior space science adviser to the President of the United States. According to NASA, the role of the Administrator is to "lead the NASA team and manage its resources to advance the Vision for Space Exploration."[1]
Administrators
[change | change source]- Status
Denotes an acting administrator of NASA
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days served | President serving under | |
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1 | T. Keith Glennan | August 19, 1958 | January 20, 1961 | 885 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
Dr. Hugh L. Dryden | January 21, 1961 | February 14, 1961 | 24 | John F. Kennedy | |||
2 | James E. Webb | February 14, 1961 | October 7, 1968 | 1035 | |||
1781 (2816 total) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||||
3 | Dr. Thomas O. Paine | October 8, 1968 | March 21, 1969 | 104 | |||
60 | Richard Nixon | ||||||
March 21, 1969 | September 15, 1970 | 543 (707 total) | |||||
- | Dr. George M. Low | September 16, 1970 | April 26, 1971 | 222 | |||
4 | Dr. James C. Fletcher | April 27, 1971 | May 1, 1977 | 1200 | |||
895 | Gerald Ford | ||||||
101 (2196 total) |
Jimmy Carter | ||||||
- | Dr. Alan M. Lovelace | May 2, 1977 | June 20, 1977 | 49 | |||
5 | Dr. Robert A. Frosch | June 21, 1977 | January 20, 1981 | 1309 | |||
- | Dr. Alan M. Lovelace | January 21, 1981 | July 10, 1981 | 171 | Ronald Reagan | ||
6 | James M. Beggs | July 10, 1981 | December 4, 1985 | 1608 | |||
- | Dr. William R. Graham | December 4, 1985 | May 11, 1986 | 158 | |||
7 | Dr. James C. Fletcher | May 12, 1986 | April 8, 1989 | 984 | |||
78 (1062 total) |
George H.W. Bush | ||||||
- | Dale D. Myers | April 8, 1989 | May 13, 1989 | 35 | |||
8 | VADM (Ret.) Richard H. Truly | May 14, 1989 | June 30, 1989 | 47 | |||
July 1, 1989 | March 31, 1992 | 1004 (1052 total) | |||||
9 | Daniel S. Goldin | April 1, 1992 | November 17, 2001 | 294 | |||
2922 | Bill Clinton | ||||||
301 (3517 total) |
George W. Bush | ||||||
- | Dr. Daniel R. Mulville | November 19, 2001 | December 21, 2001 | 32 | |||
10 | Sean O'Keefe | December 21, 2001 | February 11, 2005 | 1148 | |||
- | Col (Ret.) Frederick D. Gregory | February 11, 2005 | April 14, 2005 | 62 | |||
11 | Dr. Michael D. Griffin | April 14, 2005 | January 20, 2009 | 1377 | |||
- | Christopher Scolese | January 21, 2009 | July 16, 2009 | 176 | Barack Obama | ||
12 | Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Charles F. Bolden, Jr. | July 17, 2009 | January 20, 2017 | 2744 | |||
- | Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. | January 20, 2017 | April 23, 2018 | 458 | Donald Trump | ||
13 | Maj. Jim Bridenstine | April 23, 2018 | January 20, 2021 | 1003 | |||
- | Steve Jurczyk | January 20, 2021 | April 30, 2021 | 100 | Joe Biden | ||
14 | Captain (Ret.) Bill Nelson | May 3, 2021 | 1247 |
Deputy administrators
[change | change source]Photograph | Name | Term start | Term end | Term length | Ref(s) |
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Hugh L. Dryden | Dr.August 19, 1958 | December 2, 1965 | 2662 days | [2] | |
Robert C. Seamans Jr. | Dr.December 21, 1965 | January 5, 1968 | 745 days | [2] | |
Thomas O. Paine | Dr.March 25, 1968 | March 20, 1969 | 360 days | [2] | |
George M. Low | Dr.December 3, 1969 | June 5, 1976 | 2376 days | [2] | |
Alan M. Lovelace | Dr.July 2, 1976 | July 10, 1981 | 1834 days | [2] | |
Hans Mark | Dr.July 10, 1981 | September 1, 1984 | 1149 days | [2] | |
William R. Graham | Dr.November 25, 1985 | December 4, 1985 | 9 days | [2] | |
William R. Graham | Dr.May 11, 1986 | October 1, 1986 | 143 days | [2] | |
Dale D. Myers | October 6, 1986 | May 13, 1989 | 950 days | [2] | |
James R. Thompson, Jr. | July 6, 1989 | November 8, 1991 | 885 days | [2] | |
Aaron Cohen (acting) | February 19, 1992 | November 1, 1992 | 256 days | [2] | |
John R. Dailey (acting) | November 3, 1992 | December 31, 1999 | 3173 days | [2] | |
Daniel Mulville (acting) | Dr.January 1, 2000 | November 19, 2001 | 688 days | [2] | |
Daniel Mulville (acting) | Dr.December 21, 2001 | August 11, 2002 | 233 days | [2] | |
Frederick D. Gregory | August 12, 2002 | February 20, 2005 | 923 days | [2] | |
Frederick D. Gregory | April 14, 2005 | November 4, 2005 | 204 days | [2] | |
Shana Dale | November 4, 2005 | January 17, 2009 | 1171 days | [2] | |
Lori Garver | July 17, 2009 | September 6, 2013 | 1512 days | [2] | |
Dava Newman | Dr.May 15, 2015 | January 20, 2017 | 616 days | [2] | |
Lesa Roe
(Acting) |
January 20, 2017 | September 30, 2017 | 253 days | [3] | |
James Morhard | October 17, 2018 | January 20, 2021 | 826 days | ||
Pamela Melroy | June 21, 2021 | Incumbent | 1198 days |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Biography of Michael D. Griffin, NASA Administrator". NASA. Archived from the original on July 7, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 "List of Administrators and Deputy Administrators of NASA". NASA. Archived from the original on May 21, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
- ↑ Dunbar, Brian (January 8, 2015). "NASA Organization Structure". NASA. Retrieved February 1, 2017.