READDY NAMED AS DEPUTY ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR SPACE SHUTTLE



August 25, 1998



Doug Peterson
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(281/483-5111)

<h4>Release: J98-41</h4> <h3>Readdy Named as Deputy Associate 
Administrator for Space Shuttle</h3> 

Astronaut William F. Readdy (Captain, U.S. Naval Reserve) has accepted 
an assignment as the Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Shuttle 
in the Office of Space Flight at NASA Headquarters.



In this position, Readdy is responsible for managing top-level policy 
planning of the Shuttle program, in addition to coordinating the 
Shuttle safety program with NASA Centers and Headquarters. The 
assignment was effective July 1.



A veteran of three space flights, STS-42 in 1992, STS-51 in 1993, and 
STS-79 in 1996, Readdy has logged over 672 hours in space. STS-79, 
with Readdy as Commander, rendezvoused and docked with the Russian 
space station Mir.



Readdy remains a member of the astronaut corps during this rotational 
assignment, and will be eligible for spaceflight upon return to the 
Astronaut Office at the Johnson Space Center.



For additional information on Readdy, or any astronaut, see the NASA 
Internet biography home page at URL: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/

	
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