Bridenstine Hands Reins Of Human Spaceflight Program To Lueders

Irene Klotz June 25, 2020
agency promotion
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathryn Lueders, cheering the docking of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon at the International Space Station on May 31, was promoted two weeks later to associate administrator of Human Exploration and Operations.
Credit: Joel Kowsky/NASA
Last July, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine sidelined the 11-year director of the human spaceflight office, Bill Gerstenmaier, saying it was time for new management to rein in budget overruns and steer the agency toward a crewed landing on the Moon in 2024. Bridenstine lured Douglas Loverro, an...
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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