Woman at NASA – Kathy Lueders is the first to head human spaceflight division
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Many woman at NASA have made the organization proud. Let us learn about one such woman at NASA.
NASA has appointed Kathy Lueders as the new head of its human spaceflight division. The division is officially called Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEO).
Kathy Lueders is the first woman at NASA to lead this division. Her appointment comes after the previous head, Doug Loverro, resigned last month.
This is a very important role as this division is in charge of NASA’s program to send humans back to the Moon in 2024.
Who is Kathy Lueders?
She joined NASA in 1992. For the last seven years, she has been the woman at NASA who was leading its Commercial Crew Program. This program is working with SpaceX and Boeing to develop spacecraft to take NASA astronauts to the ISS.
Lueders oversaw the Commercial Crew Program’s first success recently. You would remember the historic launch of the first SpaceX flight carrying NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on 30 May.
It marked the first time humans have travelled into orbit from US soil since 2011.
Lueders will also oversee NASA’s Artemis program, NASA’s plan to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024.
She has also managed the Space Shuttle Program in the past.
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