| 词条 | Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. |
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| name = Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. | image = Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. official portrait.jpg | title = Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Acting | president = Donald Trump | deputy = Lesa Roe (acting) | term_start = January 20, 2017 | term_end = April 23, 2018 | predecessor = Charles Bolden | successor = Jim Bridenstine | office1 = Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | president1 = Barack Obama Donald Trump | deputy1 = Lesa Roe Krista Paquin | term_start1 = September 25, 2012 | term_end1 = April 30, 2018 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = Stephen Jurczyk (Acting) | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1963}}{{fact|date=April 2018}} | birth_place = Montevallo, Alabama, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = University of Alabama {{small|(BS)}} | spouse = Caroline Smith[1] | website = [https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/lightfoot_bio.html NASA Biography] }} Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. (born 1963{{fact|date=April 2018}}) is an engineer and former Acting Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), serving from January 20, 2017 until April 23, 2018, making him the longest-serving Acting Administrator in NASA history.[2] He is also the incumbent Associate Administrator of NASA. 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. Early lifeLightfoot has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Alabama.[3] In October 2007, he was named Distinguished Departmental Fellow for the University of Alabama, Department of Mechanical Engineering and selected as a University of Alabama College of Engineering fellow in 2009. Lightfoot serves on the University of Alabama Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board.[3] CareerLightfoot joined NASA in 1989 as a test engineer and program manager at Marshall.[4] In 1998, he was named deputy division chief of Marshall's propulsion test division. Lightfoot moved to NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in 1999 as chief of propulsion test operations. In 2001, he was named deputy director of the Propulsion Test Directorate at Stennis and in March 2002 he was promoted to director.[3][5] From 2003 to 2005, Lightfoot served as assistant associate administrator for the Space Shuttle Program in the Office of Space Operations at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.[3] He returned to Marshall in 2005 as manager of the Space Shuttle Propulsion Office. In 2007, Lightfoot was named deputy director of Marshall where he shared responsibility for managing the center.[6] He served in that capacity until becoming acting director on March 26, 2009, after the retirement of the previous director, David A. King.[7] Lightfoot was formally named as the eleventh director of the Marshall Space Flight Center on August 24, 2009.[6] He led Marshall through the transition from the Shuttle era to the Space Launch System.[8] In February 2012, NASA announced that Lightfoot would become the space agency's acting Associate Administrator as of March 5, 2012. The position opened when Chris Scolese was named the new director of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Lightfoot's successor at Marshall was Arthur E. "Gene" Goldman, named as acting director in March 2012. He, Lightfoot, shifted from acting to permanent Associate Administrator on September 25, 2012.[9] On March 12, 2018, Lightfoot announced that he would be retiring from the agency on April 30, 2018.[10] In July 2018, Lightfoot joined the Advisory Board of Firefly Aerospace.[11] Awards and honorsA native of Montevallo, Alabama, Lightfoot has received several awards during his career, including the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executives in 2006 and a NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2007 for "outstanding and exemplary leadership of the Shuttle Propulsion Office" and "assuring safety for the shuttle's return to flight".[3] References1. ^http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/management/center_directors/pages/lightfoot.html 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://aviationweek.com/awin-only/lightfoot-radzanowski-will-head-nasa-temporarily|title=Lightfoot, Radzanowski Will Head NASA Temporarily|website=aviationweek.com}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite pressrelease |publisher=NASA |title=Lightfoot Named Director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2009/H-09-195.html |date=August 24, 2009 |accessdate=August 30, 2009}} 4. ^1 {{cite news |first=Shelby G. |last=Spires |work=The Huntsville Times |title=Marshall keeps Lightfoot |url=http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?/base/news/1251191756326600.xml&coll=1 |date=August 25, 2009 |accessdate=August 30, 2009}} 5. ^{{cite news |work=The Sun Herald |title=Stennis Ready to Respond to New Challenges |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BX&s_site=sunherald&p_multi=BX&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FB3344FCA39AFBE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=January 10, 2003 |accessdate=August 30, 2009 |page=18}} 6. ^1 {{cite news |publisher=WHNT-TV News 19 |title=NASA Names Robert Lightfoot Director of Marshall Space Flight Center |url=http://www.whnt.com/whnt-robert-lightfoot-marshall-director,0,6147053.story |date=August 24, 2009 |accessdate=August 30, 2009}} 7. ^{{cite press release |publisher=NASA |title=King Retires as Director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center |url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/mar/HQ_09-071_MSFC_King_Retires.html |date=March 26, 2009 |accessdate=August 30, 2009}} 8. ^{{cite news |first=Lee |last=Roop |work=The Huntsville Times |title=NASA's Marshall center reinventing itself after shuttle program |url=http://blog.al.com/space-news/2011/08/nasas_marshall_center_reinvent.html |date=August 3, 2011 |accessdate=August 3, 2011}} 9. ^{{cite press release |first=Jennifer |last=Stanfield |first2=David |last2=Weaver |publisher=NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |title=NASA Announces Senior Leadership Changes |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2012/H-12-335.html |date=September 25, 2012 |accessdate=November 28, 2012}} 10. ^Retirement letter in NASAWatch 11. ^{{cite news |title=Firefly Aerospace Announces Formation of Advisory Board |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/firefly-aerospace-announces-formation-of-advisory-board-300684342.html |accessdate=30 July 2018 |agency=CISION PR Newswire |date=30 July 2018}} }} External links
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