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Col. Pamela Ann Melroy

NASA Deputy Director, Space Shuttle Flight Commander, Test Pilot, International Speaker and Board Member.

Col. Pamela Ann Melroy acted as Deputy Director of NASA from 2021-2025, managing a 25bn annual budget and more than 17’000 employees. She started her career as a jet pilot in the US Air Force, later became test pilot, and then astronaut. As one of two women in history, she piloted the Space Shuttle in the role of Flight Commander. These successes led to senior management positions in Lockheed Martin, the FAA, at DARPA as Deputy Director at the Tactical Technology Office and later her role at NASA. She has been inducted in the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2021.

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