Rob Strain

Rob Strain
Nationality United States
Education B.S. Western Michigan University
Occupation Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Robert D. "Rob" Strain is the current Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Strain assumed his post on Aug. 4, 2008.[1] Prior to joining NASA, Strain was the head of the Space Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Md.[2]

Strain joined APL in 2004 as assistant Space Department head for operations. The following year, he was named associate department head and then became the department’s managing executive.[3]

He has more than 25 years of experience in the aerospace business, including executive positions at Orbital Sciences, where he led the company's Satellite and Electronic Sensors Divisions; and Fairchild Space and Defense Company, for which he served as chief financial officer and various other operational roles. He attended college at Western Michigan University and received his bachelor’s degree in business administration.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Johns Hopkins Gazette | August 4, 2008, APL's Rob Strain named head of Goddard Space Flight Center". Jhu.edu. 2008-08-04. http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2008/04aug08/04briefs.html. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
  2. ^ "Robert Strain to Head Space Department at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory". Jhuapl.edu. http://www.jhuapl.edu/newscenter/pressreleases/2006/060824.asp. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
  3. ^ "Strain takes over at APL". Lpi.usra.edu. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/features/strain/. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
  4. ^ "Biography at NASA.gov". Nasa.gov. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/strain.html. Retrieved 2010-07-20.