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   ARLS008 Radio Amateur Sworn In as New NASA Deputy Administrator   
      
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   Space Bulletin 008  ARLS008   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington, CT  May 19, 2015   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
   SB SPACE ARL ARLS008   
   ARLS008 Radio Amateur Sworn In as New NASA Deputy Administrator   
      
   Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Dava Newman,   
   KB1HIK, has been sworn in as the deputy administrator of NASA.   
   President Barack Obama appointed Newman last October, and the US   
   Senate confirmed her appointment on April 27. The swearing-in took   
   place on May 15 in her MIT office in Cambridge. Newman is Apollo   
   Professor of Astronautics and Engineering Systems and the director   
   of the Technology and Policy Program at MIT. She started her   
   official duties as NASA's new deputy administrator on May 18 at the   
   agency's headquarters in Washington, DC.   
      
   "I'm very excited to be at NASA," said Newman. "I'm looking forward   
   to being a part of the agency's work to expand humanity's reach into   
   space, advance our journey to Mars and strengthen America's   
   leadership here at home."   
      
   NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, ex-KE4IQB, said he's long admired   
   Newman. "Her talents and skills as an educator and technological   
   innovator will bring a new energy to our NASA leadership team, and   
   I'm ecstatic to have her on board," he said.   
      
   Newman had been on the MIT faculty since 1993. Her research has   
   included modeling human performance in low and microgravity   
   conditions, examining the dynamics and control of astronaut motion,   
   and the development of assisted walking devices for the physically   
   handicapped. Possibly her most prominent project has been the   
   development of the BioSuit, a skintight spacesuit that would give   
   astronauts unprecedented comfort and freedom in exploration of   
   planetary surfaces and extra-vehicular activity.   
      
   An avid sailor, Newman has circumnavigated the globe.   
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