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Pamela Ann Melroy (born September 17, 1961) is an American retired United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut serving as the deputy administrator of NASA.She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120 before leaving the agency in August 2009.
Biden chose former Space Shuttle commanders Pamela Melroy and Robert D. Cabana to assist Nelson as Deputy Administrator and Associate Administrator, respectively. [59] After his retirement in 2023, Cabana was succeeded by exploration head Jim Free.
As commander of STS-120, Pamela Melroy became the second woman (after Eileen Collins) to command a Space Shuttle mission. [6] Additionally, the Expedition 16 crew that received STS-120 was commanded by Peggy Whitson , the first female ISS commander.
The industry veteran, who is well known for his roles in "Everwood" and "Hair," married Pam Van Sant in 1988. Four years later, the couple welcomed their first child, a son named Gill Williams.
'NCIS' star Mark Harmon has been married to his wife, 'Mork & Mindy' actress Pam Dawber, since 1987. Read all the details on their marriage and kids.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Expedition 16 commander Whitson greets STS-120 commander Pam Melroy. Her second mission, Expedition 16, launched October 10, 2007, on Soyuz TMA-11. [28] [29] [30] Along with her Expedition 16 crew member Yuri Malenchenko and spaceflight participant Yi So-yeon, she returned to Earth in Soyuz TMA-11 on April 19, 2008.
Pamela Melroy, astronaut and second woman to command a space shuttle mission; Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017), Iranian mathematician and professor of mathematics at Stanford University [59] Souvik Bose, an Indian astrophysicist, works in Lockheed Martin & NASA; James G. Moore (born 1930), geologist, born in Palo Alto