No. 2 Administrator at NASA Is Resigning
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
NASA’s first black shuttle commander said he was resigning as the space agency’s deputy administrator after a 31-year career.
“I’ve had an exciting career in NASA, but it is now time to step down so that someone younger and highly motivated can have the same experience,” Frederick Gregory, 64, told President Bush in a letter. Gregory was the first African American to hold NASA’s No. 2 post.
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