Who works for NASA?

Who works for NASA?

NASA is more than astronauts. We are scientists, engineers, IT specialists, human resources specialists, accountants, writers, technicians and many other kinds of people working together to break barriers to achieve the seemingly impossible.

Who runs NASA?

James Frederick “Jim” Bridenstine was nominated by President Donald Trump, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn in as NASA’s 13th administrator on April 23, 2018.

What is the highest position in NASA?

Incumbent. Steve Jurczyk. (Acting) The administrators and deputy administrators of NASA are the highest-ranked officials of NASA, the space agency of the United States Federal Government. The administrator serves as the senior space science advisor to the President of the United States.

Can a foreigner work for NASA?

While you do need to be a US citizen to be employed direclty by NASA, NASA has thousands of support contractors that day to day work side by side with NASA employees doing the same work but are employed by private companies that do not have a citizenship requirement.

What are British astronauts called?

British astronauts

Name	Birthplace	Nationality/ies
Michael Foale	Louth, Lincolnshire	/
	NASA astronaut. Born and grew up in the UK with dual UK/US citizenship, his mother being American. First British spacewalker. First Briton to both Mir and International Space Station.
Mark Shuttleworth	Welkom, Orange Free State, South Africa	/

What happens to waste in space?

Current waste disposal methods on the International Space Station rely on astronauts manually processing trash by placing it into bags then loading it onto a designated vehicle for short term storage, which depending on the craft, returns the trash to Earth or burns up in the atmosphere.