Question: Pam Melroy has recently been appointed as the deputy administrator of which of the following organisation?
a) WHO
b) NASA
c) World Bank
d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:-
- On 21 June 2021; former astronaut Pam Melroy appointed as the Deputy Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- Pam Melroy took office after she was given the oath of office by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson at NASA Headquarters building in Washington.
- Melroy was nominated in April by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate on June 17.
- Pam is the first woman astronaut to serve as deputy administrator here at NASA.
- Along with Nelson, Melroy is responsible for providing overall leadership, planning, and policy direction for NASA.
- Pam is an ROTC graduate and an Air Force officer.
- Pam is uniquely qualified to help lead NASA.
- Melroy will perform the duties and exercises the powers delegated by the administrator, assist the administrator in making final agency decisions,.
- She will act for the administrator in his absence by performing all necessary functions to govern NASA operations.
- Melroy also is responsible for outlining the agency’s vision and representing NASA to the Executive Office of the President, Congress.
- One of only two women to command a space shuttle, Melroy logged more than 38 days in space.
- She served as pilot on two flights, STS-92 in 2000 and STS-112 in 2002, and was the mission commander on STS-120 in 2007.
- All three of her missions were assembly missions to build the International Space Station.
- After graduating from United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Melroy logged more than 6,000 flight hours in more than 50 different aircraft.
- She is a veteran of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Operation Just Cause, with more than 200 combat and combat support hours.
- After serving more than two decades in the Air Force and as a NASA astronaut, Melroy took on a number of leadership roles.
By – Rajesh Tripathi
Links:-
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/pam-melroy-sworn-in-as-nasa-deputy-administrator