Nelson Names Jim Free As New NASA Associate Administrator

NASA’s Jim Free and Cathy Koerner

Jim Free, left, has been named NASA's new associate administrator, with Catherine Koerner, right, appointed as Free's successor.

Credit: NASA
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has appointed Jim Free, the current associate administrator of the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), to succeed Bob Cabana as the space agency’s associate administrator and third-highest-ranking executive. Earlier this week, Cabana, a former...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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