NASA Human Spaceflight Management Changes

Editor's note: John Shannon is being named the new Shuttle Program Manager. Wayne Hale will be joing Bill Gerstenmaier's Space Operations staff.

NASA Internal Memo From Wayne Hale to the Space Shuttle Team

"In the last few days the agency has asked me to take on an urgent and important job which will be very important for our long range intentions to succeed in these bigger goals of returning to the moon and then sending people on to explore Mars and the rest of the solar system."

NASA Selects New Deputy Associate Administrator of Strategic Partnerships and Space Shuttle Program Manager

"In his new position, he will work in Houston as a senior NASA official in the Space Operations Mission Directorate, providing strategic leadership to foster cooperative partnerships that help achieve NASA goals, build alliances across the public and private sectors and improve U.S. competitiveness and economic growth."