The Langley Research Center,located in Hampton,Virginia,near the Chesapeake Bay front of Langley Air Force Base,is the oldest of NASA's field centers. LaRC has focused primarily on aeronautical research but has also tested space hardware such as the Apollo Lunar Module. In addition,many of the earliest high-profile space missions were planned and designed on-site. Langley was also considered a potential site for NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center prior to the eventual selection of Houston,Texas.
Robert Laurel Crippen is an American retired naval officer and aviator,test pilot,aerospace engineer,and retired astronaut. He traveled into space four times:as pilot of STS-1 in April 1981,the first Space Shuttle mission;and as commander of STS-7 in June 1983,STS-41-C in April 1984,and STS-41-G in October 1984. He was also a part of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL),Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test (SMEAT),ASTP support crew member,and the Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) for the Space Shuttle.
Henry Warren Hartsfield Jr. was a United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2006.
Charles Frank Bolden Jr. is a former Administrator of NASA,a retired United States Marine Corps Major General,and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
Roy Dubard Bridges Jr. is an American pilot,engineer,retired United States Air Force officer,test pilot,former NASA astronaut and the former director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center and Langley Research Center. As a command pilot,he has over 4,460 flying hours,and is a decorated veteran of 262 combat missions during the Vietnam War. He retired as a U.S. Air Force major general,last serving as the Director of Requirements,Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command,Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,Ohio,from June 1993 until his retirement. He is married with two adult children.
Bryan Daniel O'Connor is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA astronaut. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2008.
The University of North Texas System is a public university system headquartered in Dallas,Texas. It is the administrative overseer of three otherwise autonomous Texas institutions of higher learning:the University of North Texas,a research institution based in Denton;the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth;and the University of North Texas at Dallas in South- and Downtown Dallas.
Shana L. Dale is an American politician and lawyer. She served as the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the George W. Bush administration from 2005 to 2009.
Hans Michael Mark was a German-born American government official who served as Secretary of the Air Force and as a Deputy Administrator of NASA. He was an expert and consultant in aerospace design and national defense policy.
Renu Khator is the eighth chancellor of the University of Houston System and the thirteenth president of the University of Houston. In 2008,she became the first female chancellor in the state of Texas and the first Indian immigrant to lead a comprehensive research university in the U.S.
Serena Maria Auñón-Chancellor is an American physician,engineer,and NASA astronaut. She visited the International Space Station (ISS) during Expedition 56/57. After returning,she transitioned to a management role within NASA,where she handles medical issues aboard the station.
The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) is a non-profit research and graduate education institute headquartered in Hampton,Virginia,near NASA's Langley Research Center.
Michael R. Williams is an American osteopathic physician and the current chancellor of the University of North Texas System. On November 29,2021,Williams - the sixth president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth,Texas - was appointed by the University of North Texas System Board of Regents as the fifth UNT System Chancellor,effective Jan. 1,2022 succeeding Lesa Roe.
Lori Glaze is an American scientist and the director of NASA's Science Mission Directorate's Planetary Science Division. She was a member of the Inner Planets Panel during the most recent Planetary Science Decadal Survey,and has had a role on the Executive Committee of NASA's Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) for several years,serving as the group's Chair from 2013–2017.
Camille Wardrop Alleyne is a Trinidadian aerospace engineer,space scientist,and science ambassador. She is the Founder,CEO and President of Arusha Space,LLC.,a geospatial analytics and global space consulting company that uses space-enabled technologies for solving Earth's challenges. Prior to starting her company,Alleyne spent 29 years working for the US Government advancing space and aerospace technologies at NASA and Department of Defense.
Leroy Stevenson (Skipp) Fletcher is an American mechanical and aerospace engineer,and college dean,who served as the 104th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1985–86,and was recipient of the 2002 ASME Medal.
Lee F. Jackson is the former chancellor of the University of North Texas System (2002–2017). Jackson was the State of Texas' longest-serving Chancellor when he announced his retirement in March,2017.
Stephen G. Jurczyk was an American engineer who served as the Acting Administrator of NASA. He previously worked at Langley Research Center in Hampton,Virginia.
Janet E. Petro is an American engineer and civil servant currently serving as the 11th director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center. She was appointed by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on June 30,2021,making her the first woman to serve as director. Petro previously served as deputy director at the John F. Kennedy Space Center.
