Question : Who is Current The administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ?
a) Bill Nelson
b) T. Keith Glennan
c) Hugh Latimer Dryden
d) Thomas Otten Paine
Ans : a
Related Facts :
- NASA has announced that the spacecraft will cease operations in 2031, after which it will fall out of orbit and plunge into the waters of the South Pacific Ocean.
- NASA published a transition plan for the ISS, in which it explained how its operations will eventually be transitioned to commercial low-Earth orbit destinations.
- International Space Station (ISS) is entering its final decade of operational life and NASA is planning to open it for commercial activities.
- The first component of the ISS was launched in 1998
- Important Points :
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is America’s civil space program and the global leader in space exploration.
- At its 20 centers and facilities across the country – and the only National Laboratory in space – NASA studies Earth, including its climate, our Sun, and our solar system and beyond
- NASA was established in 1958.
- Bill Nelson was sworn in as the 14th NASA Administrator on May 3, 2021, tasked with carrying out the Biden-Harris administration’s vision for the agency.
By Pawan Mishra