NASA names director of Johnson Space Center in Houston

NASA named Vanessa Wyche director of the agency’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston this week, giving her the permanent position after she stepped into the acting role earlier this year. This move makes Wyche the first Black woman to lead a NASA center.

Wyche took on the role of acting director in May after previous Director Mark Geyer stepped down. Before that, she’d served as the deputy director of JSC since 2018. Her career with NASA has spanned over 31 years in the roles, which included…