{"id":116032,"date":"2021-06-23T10:37:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T10:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=116032"},"modified":"2021-06-23T10:37:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T10:37:18","slug":"pam-melroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/pam-melroy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pam Melroy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Pam Melroy has recently been appointed as the deputy administrator of which of the following organisation?<\/strong><br>a) WHO<br>b) NASA<br>c) World Bank<br>d) None of these<br><strong>Answer: (b)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 21 June 2021; former astronaut Pam Melroy appointed as the Deputy Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).<\/li><li>Pam Melroy took office after she was given the oath of office by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson at NASA Headquarters building in Washington.<\/li><li>Melroy was nominated in April by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate on June 17.<\/li><li>Pam is the first woman astronaut to serve as deputy administrator here at NASA.<\/li><li>Along with Nelson, Melroy is responsible for providing overall leadership, planning, and policy direction for NASA.<\/li><li>Pam is an ROTC graduate and an Air Force officer.<\/li><li>Pam is uniquely qualified to help lead NASA.<\/li><li>Melroy will perform the duties and exercises the powers delegated by the administrator, assist the administrator in making final agency decisions,.<\/li><li>She will act for the administrator in his absence by performing all necessary functions to govern NASA operations.<\/li><li>Melroy also is responsible for outlining the agency&#8217;s vision and representing NASA to the Executive Office of the President, Congress.<\/li><li>One of only two women to command a space shuttle, Melroy logged more than 38 days in space.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li>All three of her missions were assembly missions to build the International Space Station.<\/li><li>After graduating from United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Melroy logged more than 6,000 flight hours in more than 50 different aircraft.<\/li><li>She is a veteran of Operation Desert Shield\/Desert Storm and Operation Just Cause, with more than 200 combat and combat support hours.<\/li><li>After serving more than two decades in the Air Force and as a NASA astronaut, Melroy took on a number of leadership roles.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By \u2013 Rajesh Tripathi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/pam-melroy-sworn-in-as-nasa-deputy-administrator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/pam-melroy-sworn-in-as-nasa-deputy-administrator<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Pam Melroy has recently been appointed as the deputy administrator of which of the following organisation?a) WHOb) NASAc) World Bankd) None of theseAnswer: (b)Related Facts:- On 21 June 2021; former astronaut Pam Melroy appointed as the Deputy Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 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