Jacques van Oene
August 12th 05, 09:18 PM
Dean Acosta/Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington Aug. 12, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1400/1600)
RELEASE: 05-223
WILLIAM H. GERSTENMAIER SELECTED TO LEAD NASA SPACE OPERATIONS
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced today that William H.
Gerstenmaier will serve as associate administrator for Space Operations at
NASA Headquarters in Washington. Since June 2002, Gerstenmaier has been
program manager of the International Space Station Office at NASA's Johnson
Space Center in Houston.
As associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate,
Gerstenmaier directs NASA's human exploration of space. He also has
programmatic oversight for International Space Station, Space Shuttle, Space
Communications and Space Launch Vehicles.
Gerstenmaier began his NASA career in 1977 at the Glenn Research Center in
Cleveland performing aeronautical research and was involved with wind tunnel
tests on the Space Shuttle. In 1980, he joined the Space Shuttle program as
Propulsion Flight Controller and in 1992 Gerstenmaier got his first
managerial assignment for the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle project at
Johnson.
In 1990, he led the Space Shuttle/Space Station Freedom Assembly Operations
Office, responsible for resolving technical assembly issues and developing
assembly strategies for what would eventually become the International Space
Station.
Gerstenmaier was selected in 1995 to be the operations lead in Moscow for
the first phase of the Shuttle-Mir program, serving as primary interface to
the Russian Space Agency for operational issues between the Space Shuttle
program and Russia's Mir space Station. He also was responsible for the
daily activities as well as the health and safety of NASA astronauts on Mir.
In 1998, Gerstenmaier was named Space Shuttle Program integration manager.
In December 2000 he was selected as deputy manager of the International
Space Station Program, where he was responsible for the day-to-day
operations.
Selected in 2002 as manager of the International Space Station program,
Gerstenmaier was responsible for the overall management, development,
integration, and operation of the project, including the design,
manufacture, testing, and delivery of complex space flight hardware and
software, and working directly with the program's international partners.
Gerstenmaier received a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering from
Purdue University, Ind., in 1977; and a master's degree in mechanical
engineering from the University of Toledo, Ohio, in 1981. In 1993, he
completed course work for a doctorate in dynamics and control, with a minor
in propulsion, at Purdue.
Gerstenmaier succeeds William F. Readdy, who will continue to serve at NASA
Headquarters as a special assistant until October, when he plans to leave
the agency to seek other opportunities. NASA's deputy associate
administrator for the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle,
Michael Kostelnik is also departing the agency to seek other opportunities.
Mike Suffredini will be the International Space Station Program manager in
Houston, replacing Gerstenmaier.
For information about NASA and other agency programs on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Headquarters, Washington Aug. 12, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1400/1600)
RELEASE: 05-223
WILLIAM H. GERSTENMAIER SELECTED TO LEAD NASA SPACE OPERATIONS
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced today that William H.
Gerstenmaier will serve as associate administrator for Space Operations at
NASA Headquarters in Washington. Since June 2002, Gerstenmaier has been
program manager of the International Space Station Office at NASA's Johnson
Space Center in Houston.
As associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate,
Gerstenmaier directs NASA's human exploration of space. He also has
programmatic oversight for International Space Station, Space Shuttle, Space
Communications and Space Launch Vehicles.
Gerstenmaier began his NASA career in 1977 at the Glenn Research Center in
Cleveland performing aeronautical research and was involved with wind tunnel
tests on the Space Shuttle. In 1980, he joined the Space Shuttle program as
Propulsion Flight Controller and in 1992 Gerstenmaier got his first
managerial assignment for the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle project at
Johnson.
In 1990, he led the Space Shuttle/Space Station Freedom Assembly Operations
Office, responsible for resolving technical assembly issues and developing
assembly strategies for what would eventually become the International Space
Station.
Gerstenmaier was selected in 1995 to be the operations lead in Moscow for
the first phase of the Shuttle-Mir program, serving as primary interface to
the Russian Space Agency for operational issues between the Space Shuttle
program and Russia's Mir space Station. He also was responsible for the
daily activities as well as the health and safety of NASA astronauts on Mir.
In 1998, Gerstenmaier was named Space Shuttle Program integration manager.
In December 2000 he was selected as deputy manager of the International
Space Station Program, where he was responsible for the day-to-day
operations.
Selected in 2002 as manager of the International Space Station program,
Gerstenmaier was responsible for the overall management, development,
integration, and operation of the project, including the design,
manufacture, testing, and delivery of complex space flight hardware and
software, and working directly with the program's international partners.
Gerstenmaier received a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering from
Purdue University, Ind., in 1977; and a master's degree in mechanical
engineering from the University of Toledo, Ohio, in 1981. In 1993, he
completed course work for a doctorate in dynamics and control, with a minor
in propulsion, at Purdue.
Gerstenmaier succeeds William F. Readdy, who will continue to serve at NASA
Headquarters as a special assistant until October, when he plans to leave
the agency to seek other opportunities. NASA's deputy associate
administrator for the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle,
Michael Kostelnik is also departing the agency to seek other opportunities.
Mike Suffredini will be the International Space Station Program manager in
Houston, replacing Gerstenmaier.
For information about NASA and other agency programs on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info