Robert M. Lightfoot Jr.

Robert M. Lightfoot Jr.
Acting Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
In office
January 20, 2017 – April 23, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputyLesa Roe (acting)
Preceded byCharles Bolden
Succeeded byJim Bridenstine
Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
In office
September 25, 2012 – April 30, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
DeputyLesa Roe
Krista Paquin
Succeeded byStephen Jurczyk (Acting)
Personal details
BornMontevallo, Alabama, U.S.
SpouseCaroline Smith[1]
EducationUniversity of Alabama (BS)
WebsiteNASA Biography

Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. is former Acting Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), serving from January 20, 2017 until April 23, 2018.[2] Succeeding Charles Bolden, Lightfoot became the space agency's acting Associate Administrator on March 5, 2012. That job became permanent on September 25, 2012. He had previously served as the eleventh Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, from March 2009 until his promotion in March 2012. On March 12, 2018 he announced his retirement from NASA effective April 30, 2018.[3]

  1. ^ NASA.gov
  2. ^ "Lightfoot, Radzanowski Will Head NASA Temporarily". aviationweek.com.
  3. ^ Chang, Kenneth (2018-03-12). "Robert Lightfoot, NASA's Acting Administrator, to Retire as Trump's Nominee Is Stalled". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-01.

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