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Stories about: space agency

Charles Bolden Will Be the New NASA Administrator The White House, in a highly anticipated move, announced yesterday that former NASA astronaut Charles Frank Bolden Jr. was nominated by US President Barack Obama as the next administrator of the American space agency. Speculations about this decision have persisted for many months, but, until yesterday, nothing was c... 24 May 2009 09:01 GMT Former Air Force General to Lead NASA An informed source near Barack Obama has announced that the president-elect has asked retired Air Force Major General Scott Gration to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Despite the fact that Gration is short on direct space experience, he is a decorated pilot, having flown more than 1,000... 14 January 2009 02:59 GMT