WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue graduate is now NASA’s top astronaut. According to officials at NASA, otherwise known as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scott Tingle was recently named as the chief of the astronaut office at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Tingle obtained his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A Purdue graduate is now NASA's top astronaut. According to officials at NASA, otherwise known as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scott Tingle was recently named as the chief of the astronaut office at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Tingle obtained his master's…
Isaacman has flown into orbit twice on all-private astronaut missions. | Image: Getty President Donald Trump has once again picked tech billionaire Jared Isaacman to be the next NASA Administrator, five months after pulling the initial nomination he made last year. Isaacman, an Elon Musk ally and commercial astronaut who…