Makenzie Lystrup, sene here at a 2024 conference, had been director of the Goddard Space Flight Center since April 2023. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
LAS VEGAS — The head of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is resigning while hundreds of current and former agency employees voice their concerns about the direction of NASA under the new administration.
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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science... More by Jeff Foust
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