Pamela Melroy

Pamela Melroy
Official portrait, 2023
15th Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
In office
June 21, 2021 – January 20, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJames Morhard
Succeeded byMatthew P. Anderson (nominee)
Personal details
Born
Pamela Ann Melroy

(1961-09-17) September 17, 1961
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
EducationWellesley College (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space
38d 20h 6m
SelectionNASA Group 15 (1994)
MissionsSTS-92
STS-112
STS-120
Mission insignia

Pamela Ann Melroy (born September 17, 1961) is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. She was the Deputy Administrator of NASA from 2021 until 2025 during the Joe Biden administration. She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120 before leaving the agency in August 2009.[1]

Melroy will be inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.[2][3]

References

  1. "NASA - Veteran Astronaut Pam Melroy Leaves NASA". www.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  2. "Rochester woman to be inducted into US Astronaut Hall of Fame". WSYR. 2020-01-25. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  3. "1-on-1 with Pamela Melroy: Rochester native to be inducted in Astronaut Hall of Fame". RochesterFirst. 2020-01-24. Archived from the original on 2020-01-25. Retrieved 2020-01-26.