Art Stephenson
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Art Stephenson was the ninth Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He served as Director from September 1998 to May 2003.
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[edit] Early Years
Stephenson was born in New London, Connecticut and finished his secondary schooling by graduating from Narbonne High School in Harbor City, California.
[edit] Education
- He attended University of Redlands in Redlands, California, obtaining a Bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering.
- In later years, he completed the Executive Program in Management given by UCLA's John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management.
[edit] Career
- Joined NASA in 1998 to work on the reusable launch vehicle program (space shuttle).
- Oversaw launch and continuing successful operation of the Chandra X-ray Observatory
- Worked on research in microgravity.
- Involved with NASA's Space Shuttle propulsion program.
- Headed one of NASA's largest operations with a 2.3 billion dollar budget and 6500 employees.
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