Physicist And Former Astronaut John Grunsfeld To Head NASA Science Directorate

NASA has named physicist and former astronaut John Grunsfeld as the new associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington. Grunsfeld will take the reins of the office effective Jan. 4, 2012. He succeeds Ed Weiler, who retired from NASA on Sept. 30.

Link: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/dec/HQ_11-396_Grunsfeld.html

Time: 19. Dec. 2011

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