Steve Jurczyk to head NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate

 

Washington – NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Steve Jurczyk as the agency's Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate, effective Monday, March 2. The directorate is responsible for innovating, developing, testing, and flying hardware for use on future NASA missions.

 

Jurczyk has served as Center Director at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, since April 2014. An accomplished engineer, he previously served as the deputy center director and in other leadership positions at the center prior to his appointment as center director.

 

"It's great to have Steve coming aboard to lead the technology and innovation engine of the agency," said Bolden. "Technology drives exploration and under Steve's leadership we'll continue the President's innovation strategy, positioning NASA and the aerospace community on the cutting-edge, pushing the boundaries of the aerospace with the technical rigor our nation expects of its space program."

 

Langley’s current deputy director, Dave Bowles, will serve as acting director.

 

In May 2003, Jurczyk was named director of Systems Engineering. Before becoming Langley's deputy director, he previously served as director of Langley's Research and Technology Directorate.

 

Jurczyk succeeds Michael Gazarik, who left NASA to become director of technology at Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colorado.