Douglas Loverro

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Douglas L. Loverro, March 11, 2013, portrait of Monica A. King

Douglas "Doug" Lee Loverro (* 1954 ) is a former American space official. He directed various military and civil space programs.

Career

Loverro earned degrees as Bachelor of Chemistry at the United States Air Force Academy (1976), as a Master of Physics at the University of New Mexico (1987), a master of political science at Auburn University (1989) and a master at the University of West Florida (1980). He graduated from Air Command and Staff College and the Air Force Squadron Officer School, and was the top graduate of the JFK School of Government Senior Executives' DoD Industrial College of the Armed Forces graduate in the national and international security program.

From 1997 to 1999 he was Program Director Advanced Systems, Space and Missile Systems Center . From 1999 to 2002 he was Program Director, Global Positioning System , Space and Missile Systems Center . From 2002 to 2006 he was Program Director, Future Imagery Systems at the National Reconnaissance Office . From 2006 to 2007 Deputy Director of Systems Engineering at the National Reconnaissance Office . From 2007 to 2013 he was Managing Director of the Space and Missile Systems Center and Deputy Program Director for Space. From 2013 to 2017 he was head of a useful function in the area of space policy at the Ministry of Defense of the United States employs (Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy). In 2017 he retired and became General Manager of Loverro Consulting, LLC.

While on duty, he led several programs within the Department of Defense and the NGO, including the AF's GPS program. NGOs Future Imagery Program and all AF Space Control programs.

From December 2019 to May 2020, Loverro was head of NASA's manned spaceflight division . In this role he was responsible for the US part of the International Space Station , for the Commercial Crew Program and for the Artemis program . With his resignation from this office he drew the consequence of a mistake which he had made during the procurement process for the Artemis lunar lander .

Awards

  • Minister of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service
  • the Federation of Galaxy Explorers Lifetime Achievement Award
  • the Stellar Award from the Society of Satellite Professional Engineers
  • AFCEA Benjamin Oliver Gold Medal for Engineering.

Private

Loverro is married to Stephanie Loverro; the couple has two children.

Web links

Commons : Douglas L. Loverro  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US Air Force Academy: Polaris . 1976 (English, amazonaws.com [PDF; accessed June 9, 2020]).
  2. ↑ US House of Representatives: Douglas L. Loverro. (PDF) April 25, 2013, accessed on June 9, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b U.S. Department of Defense: Douglas L. Loverro. Retrieved May 21, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ US House of Representatives: Douglas L. Loverro. (PDF) February 22, 2018, accessed on May 21, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ Loren Grush: NASA's head of human spaceflight resigns ahead of historic SpaceX launch . The Verge, May 19, 2020.
  6. ↑ Eric Berger: Here's why NASA's chief of human spaceflight resigned — and why it matters . Ars Technica, May 20, 2020.
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SURNAME Loverro, Douglas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Loverro, Douglas L .; Loverro, Doug
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American space official
DATE OF BIRTH 1954