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US Senate Appointed Jim Bridenstine As NASA Administrator
US Senate Appointed Jim Bridenstine As NASA Administrator
The US Senate has appointed Jim Bridenstine as the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the US space agency on April 20, 2018.
The US Senate voted 50-49 in support of Jim Bridenstine to be elected as new chief of NASA.
Jim Bridenstine became the 13th Chief of NASA as nominated by the US President Donald Trump.
Jim Bridenstine will take over the post after almost over 12 months, since the former Administrator Charles Bolden resigned in January 2017. Since then, Robert M Lightfoot has been heading the space agency as the interim Administrator of NASA.
Jim Bridenstine is a pilot in the US Navy Reserve and has earlier served as the Executive Director of the Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium.
Jim Bridenstine also served on the House Armed Services Committee and on the Science, Space and Technology Committee. Jim Bridenstine was also elected to the US Congress in 2012 to represent Oklahoma’s First Congressional District.
Jim Bridenstine started his naval aviation career by flying the E-2C Hawkeye off the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. He has a rich business experience in real estate, ranching, aerospace, and defense contracting.
