Former astronaut Janet Kavandi, a graduate of Carthage High School and Missouri Southern State University, is retiring from NASA.NASA issued the following news release:
Dr. Janet L. Kavandi announced her retirement from NASA on Monday, Sept. 9 following 25 years of service with the space agency. Kavandi has served as director of NASA’s Glenn Research Center since March 2016. Her retirement is effective at the end of September.
“It was a difficult decision to call my NASA career to an end, especially at a time when the agency is preparing to send the first woman and next man to the Moon,” Kavandi said. “The agency has provided me with experiences I could have never imagined, and it was an absolute honor to lead the men and women at NASA Glenn. I am extremely proud of the work being done today to prepare for Artemis and the next generation of commercial aviation, and I will be closely following the progress as I transition to the next phase of life, personally and professionally.”
Under Kavandi’s guidance, Glenn saw one of the largest increases in workload and budget in the center’s history, including $850 million in funding for 2019. The center’s role in the Artemis program also expanded in recent years, including the management of the power and propulsion element for Gateway and the mission-critical testing of the Orion spacecraft for Artemis I.
Selected as a NASA astronaut in December 1994, the Springfield, Missouri native completed three space shuttle flights, serving as a mission specialist on STS-91 in 1998, STS-99 in 2000 and STS-104 in 2001. She logged more than 33 days in space, traveling more than 13.1 million miles, earning an induction into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in April 2019.
Information on Glenn leadership changes following Kavandi’s retirement will be announced at a later date.
11 comments:
I wonder if some of Trump's anti-science MAGAtards are responsible for this retirement in any way.
Who needs a team of PhDs to manage a moon mission when you are a moron with a sharpie?
Cute. Another lefty who can't express themselves without calling names or attacking people unprovoked. Nice to see the true colors.
They are a tolerant accepting loving group of people. Typically very rational and open to meaningful discussions.
All that is true, as long as you agree with the precious, delicate little things.
Obviously this blog has a few MAGAtards.
Unless they are tRUMPtards.
Pretty soon your Mango Mussolini will be telling you that hog poop and pee and lead in your drinking water supplies essential nutrients and was how everyone did it before and Amurrica was grate back then and chit.
Keep it coming, child. Your maturity and intelligence are indeed a reflection of your ideology.
@5:47 as opposed to your ideology of blindly following an ignorant bigot? Laughable.
Who said I followed anything? All I was doing was pointing out the childish antics of the other poster. See, your assumptions that just because I think that some infantile leftist spewing his stupidity automatically makes me a Trump supporter is exactly why people on the left are so divisive. But again, name calling, assuming with no evidence and in general making stupid comments is what the left tends to do. And you have the audacity to call my comments laughable. Keep it up. You people keep showing what the left is all about.
Hey Randy, I thought you asked many months ago for commenters to not use "-Tard". I also thought that you said you would not even post the offenders comment. I guess it's ok as long as it's preceded by "Trump" or "MAGA". Rules for all sir, not just for some.
Thank you Dr. Kavandi, for your service to our nation! To 7:57, your Trump Derangement Syndrome knows no bounds.
Randy can print or not print what he wants. If he wants to be a hypocrite, let him.
And apparently he wants to be a hypocrite.
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