KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – After leading Kennedy Space Center for more than a decade, Robert “Bob” Cabana is taking on a new role at NASA headquarters as associate administrator, the space agency announced this week.
Steve Jurczyk, who was acting NASA administrator until Bill Nelson was confirmed, announced his retirement as associate administrator on Monday.
Associated administrator is the highest ranking civil servant at NASA and does not require Senate confirmation unlike administrator and associate administrator.
Cabana, a former astronaut, has been the KSC director since 2008 during a critical time as the center prepared to end the space shuttle program. [TRENDING: 13-year-old Fla.