Jan 21, 2025 · Janet Petro had been the 11th director of NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where she managed the Kennedy team of civil service and contractor employees, determining and implementing center policy and managing and executing Kennedy missions and agency program responsibilities.

Jan 20, 2025 · However, in a statement shortly after the inauguration, the White House announced that Janet Petro would serve as acting administrator. Petro is the director of the Kennedy Space Center in...

Janet E. Petro is an American engineer and civil servant currently serving as the acting Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the 11th director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center.

Jan 20, 2025 · In a move that surprised even NASA officials, the Trump Administration has named Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro to be Acting Administrator. Ordinarily the job goes to the top civil servant in the agency, Associate Administrator, currently held by Jim Free.

Dec 29, 2022 · Ms. Petro’s success continues at NASA, where she shares responsibility with the center director in managing the Kennedy Space Center team of approximately 15,000 civil service and contractor employees, determining and implementing center policy, and managing and executing Kennedy missions and agency program responsibilities.

Sep 9, 2021 · As a child, Janet Petro and her family wended their way through palmettos on the dunes of Satellite Beach to see rockets blast off carrying Mercury and Gemini spacecraft. The pristine shore was near their home, miles from the John F. Kennedy Space Center where her father worked on those missions as an engineer.

Mar 11, 2024 · NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro. “The rollout of the President’s 2025 budget offers the opportunity to highlight some of the exciting happenings that are helping launch humanity’s future at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Every dollar spent on the agency goes toward U.S. prosperity and improving life on Earth.

Jan 21, 2025 · On his first day in office, President Trump named a list of acting cabinet and cabinet-level positions until his nominees are confirmed, including Janet Petro to serve as acting NASA administrator.. Petro has most recently served as director of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida where she managed the center’s employees, center policy, and executing Kennedy missions and agency program ...

11th Director of NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Achievements at NASA ... Janet Petro’s appointment as NASA’s acting administrator marks the dawn of a new era.