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NASA Chief Works To End Political Divide

Bill Ingalls
Vice President Mike Pence, left, accompanied Bridenstine to the administrator’s new office at NASA headquarters in April 2018.
Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA
It is ironic—or perhaps totally apropos—that the first politician to serve as NASA administrator puts the highest emphasis on bridging partisan divides, especially when it comes to space. “When I think back to my days in the [U.S.] House of Representatives . . . I remember being on the Science...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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