Long story short
NASA’s administration tapped Wyche, who at the time was director of Johnson Space Center, in February to be the acting associate administrator, making her one of the three highest-ranking individuals in the agency, Community Impact previously reported.
As a result of the promotion, Stephen Koerner, Johnson Space Center’s deputy director at the time, was promoted to the acting director role.
Returning to Johnson Space Center, Wyche told Community Impact on Sept. 9 that it was “an honor to support the agency through a busy period.”
“I am looking forward to continuing to support NASA’s impactful missions as I return to the role of center director at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston,” Wyche said in a statement.
Wyche originally began serving as director at Johnson Space Center in 2021, according to her biography page.
Diving in deeper
Her return comes at a time when NASA is working through a series of missions, titled Artemis, aimed at taking humans back to the moon and setting up future trips to Mars.
The program is broken up into four missions planned to end with NASA launching a lunar space station, according to NASA's website.
Officials are also carrying out the construction of Exploration Park, which will be a business park meant to assist with research and manufacturing related to space travel.
What else?
In a Sept. 3 press release, NASA officials announced Amit Kshatriya was to be the new associate administrator of the agency.
Officials did not clarify how Koerner’s role might change within Johnson Space Center.
However, the administration page for Johnson Space Center has since been updated with Wyche now listed as director. Koerner is currently listed as deputy director.
Prior to the update, Kroener was listed as acting director, according to previous versions of the web page.
