David A. King is the tenth Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. He was appointed to the position in June 2003. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ... Aerial view of the test area at Marshall Space Flight Center The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is a lead NASA center for propulsion, Space Shuttle propulsion, external fuel tank, crew training and payloads, International Space Station (ISS) design and construction, for computers, networks, and information management. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with a length of 30 days. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

King joined NASA in 1983 as a main propulsion system engineer. In 1983, he served as flow director, overseeing preflight preparation, test and checkout for the Space Shuttle Discovery. He was appointed acting deputy director of the Installation Operations Directorate in 1995; deputy director of Shuttle Processing in 1996; Shuttle launch director in 1997; and director of Shuttle Processing in 1999. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Space Shuttle Discovery (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of three remaining spacecraft in the Space Shuttle fleet belonging to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), along with Atlantis and Endeavour. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

King served as deputy director of the Marshall Space Flight Center from November 2002 until his appointment as director, and served as the senior on-site NASA official during recovery operations for the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. The Space Shuttle Columbia breaks up over Texas. ...

King has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of South Carolina, and a master’s degree in business administration from the Florida Institute of Technology. The University of South Carolina, Columbia (USC or Carolina) is a public, co-educational, research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. ... Florida Institute of Technology is an independent technical college located in Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County), United States. ...

External links

• NASA biography
• David A. King Named Marshall Space Flight Center Director