NASA announced Tuesday that William Parsons, director of the
John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is leaving the agency in
mid-October to pursue opportunities in the private sector. Parsons
will be succeeded by former astronaut Robert Cabana, currently
director of NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
Global space tourism provider Space Adventures announced Tuesday
that Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., intends to train with the Soyuz TMA-14
crew in preparation for a spring mission to the International Space
Station (ISS).
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