HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A veteran NASA manager has been named chief executive of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, the state-owned museum said Tuesday.
The commission that oversees the attraction selected Kimberly Robinson to oversee the center, which serves as a visitor center for NASA’s nearby Marshall Space Flight Center and is home of Space Camp, which lets students and adults experience simulated missions in space.
Robinson, who worked for NASA for more than three decades, is NASA’s utilization manager for advance exploration systems and previously was the payload mission manager for Artemis I, the first integrated flight test of the Orion capsule, according to a statement by the museum.
Robinson, who will begin work Feb. 15, will be faced with the challenge of stabilizing the center’s finances, where affected by shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Louie Ramirez had directed the museum since the retirement of the former chief executive, Deborah Barnhart.
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