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NASA's human spaceflight chief has resigned a week before SpaceX is supposed to launch its first astronauts for the agency
NASA's human spaceflight chief has resigned a week before SpaceX is supposed to launch its first astronauts for the agency
Dave MosherÂ
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Doug Loverro, NASA's human spaceflight chief, listens to Jim Bridenstine, the agency's administrator, during a town hall for employees on December 3, 2019. Joel Kowsky/NASA
Doug Loverro, who led NASA's human spaceflight division, has resigned after just six months on the job.Loverro quit just a week before SpaceX is scheduled to launch its first passengers — two NASA astronauts — on a mission called Demo-2.In an email to NASA employees, Loverro referenced an unspecified "mistake" in risk-taking that led to his resignation.Ars Technica reported the mistake is "not related" to SpaceX's first crewed mission, but rather NASA's controversial lunar exploration program, called Artemis.An industry veteran told Business Insider that NASA's interim replacement "has the experience and judgement to shepherd human spaceflight through the coming weeks."Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
In a shock to the rocket-and-spaceship industry, NASA's human spaceflight chief abruptly resigned on Monday.
The departure of Doug Loverro, a former member of the Department of Defense's Senior Executive Service, who took command of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate on December 2, comes at a critical time for the US space agency.
On May 27, SpaceX is scheduled to launch its first passengers — NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley — on a roughly three-month mission to space called Demo-2. The test flight is designed to show NASA that SpaceX, the rocket company Elon Musk founded 18 years ago, can safely launch people into orbit aboard a Crew Dragon spaceship, dock with the International Space Station, and return the crew to Earth.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-human-spaceflight-head-douglas-loverro-leaves-spacex-demo2-mission-2020-5
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