The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university with its main campus in unincorporated Orange County,Florida. It is part of the State University System of Florida. With 68,442 students as of the fall 2022 semester,UCF has the second-largest on-campus student body of any public university in the United States. UCF is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity" and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Robert Alan Frosch FREng was an American scientist who was the fifth administrator of NASA. He was the administrator from 1977 to 1981 during the Carter administration.
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.
Kenneth Donald Cameron,,is a retired American naval aviator,test pilot,engineer,U.S. Marine Corps officer,and NASA astronaut.
Miguel Rodríguez is the Chief of the Integration Office of the Cape Canaveral Spaceport Management Office.
Christopher Joseph "Gus" Loria is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and a medically retired NASA astronaut. He was originally scheduled to fly on STS-113 as pilot;however,he was grounded from spaceflight due to a severe back injury.
Christopher J. Scolese is an American engineer and intelligence official serving as the director of the National Reconnaissance Office. He was appointed the 19th director of the National Reconnaissance Office (DNRO) on August 1,2019. Scolese was sworn into office on August 5,2019.
James Robert Thompson Jr.,known as J.R. Thompson,was the fifth director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville,Alabama. He served as director from September 29,1986,to July 6,1989. Thompson also served as NASA's deputy director from July 6,1989,to November 8,1991.
Jerrol Wayne Littles was the eighth director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville,Alabama. He served as director from February 3,1996,to January 3,1998.
George William Samuel Abbey is a former director of the Johnson Space Center (JSC) and Fellow in Space Policy at the Baker Institute of Rice University.
Olga D. González-Sanabria is a Puerto Rican scientist and inventor. She is the highest-ranking Hispanic at NASA Glenn Research Center,and a member of the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame. González-Sanabria,Director of the Engineering and Technical Services,is responsible for planning and directing a full range of integrated services including engineering,fabrication,testing,facility management and aircraft services for the Glenn Research Center. She played an instrumental role in the development of the "Long Cycle-Life Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries" which helps enable the International Space Station power system.
William H. Gerstenmaier is an aerospace engineer and policymaker who is Vice President,Build and Flight Reliability at SpaceX. He previously served as NASA's Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations between 2005 and July 10,2019. While in that role,he was described as "arguably the most influential person when it comes to US spaceflight." Prior to being Associate Administrator,Gerstenmaier served as the International Space Station Office Program Manager,at Johnson Space Center,a position he began in June 2002. He spent a total of four decades with NASA.
Lee R. Scherer was an American aeronautical engineer and director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) from January 19,1975 to September 2,1979. Prior to his appointment as KSC director,Scherer was director of NASA's Flight Research Center,Edwards,California,responsible for the conduct of advanced aeronautical flight research.
Richard G. Smith was director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center from September 26,1979 to August 2,1986. Born in Durham,N.C.,in 1929,Smith was educated in Alabama schools. After graduation from Decatur High School,he attended Florence State College and Auburn University. He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Auburn in 1951.
Roy S. Estess was the fourth director of the Stennis Space Center (SSC),having held a variety of managerial positions at the center that prepared him to lead the facility during the dynamic years of the 1990s. Estess,a native Mississippian and a graduate of Mississippi State University,came to the center as a Apollo Program Engine quality control engineer in 1966 and worked his way up through the ranks to the Director of the Stennis Space Center.
Edgar Maurice Cortright was a scientist and engineer,and senior official at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. His most prominent positions during his career were Director of NASA's Langley Research Center,and Chairman of the Apollo 13 Review Board which investigated the explosion that occurred during the Apollo 13 spaceflight in 1970.
Robin Neely Henderson is the Associate Director,Management,of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville,Alabama. She was named to become the center's Acting Director effective August 3,2012,following the retirement of the previous director,Arthur E. Goldman,to take a private sector position. On September 25,2012,NASA named Patrick Scheuermann as the center's new permanent director.
Yvonne Jean Pendleton is an American astrophysicist and is currently the Chief Scientist of NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) at Ames Research Center in Mountain View,California. Pendleton earned degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology,Stanford University,and the University of California at Santa Cruz and was hired by NASA as a civil servant in 1979. She served as a research scientist in the Space Science and Astrobiology Division at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) until 2007,including as Division Chief from 2006-7. In 2007 she was promoted to the Senior Executive Service,the highest level of civil service within the Federal government,and throughout her career has served in high-level leadership positions at both NASA's ARC and Headquarters. Her scientific research has investigated the origin and evolution of organic material in our galaxy and is currently focused on the composition of the solar nebula from which our Solar System formed. She is an elected fellow of the California Academy of Sciences and Asteroid 7165. Pendleton was named by the International Astronomical Union in honor of her research contributions.
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.
