CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -NASA Administrator, August 19, 1958-January 20, 1961. Thomas Keith Glennan was the first Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, formally established on October 1, 1958, under the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.

Detailed explanation-2: -National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), independent U.S. governmental agency established in 1958 for the research and development of vehicles and activities for the exploration of space within and outside Earth’s atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-3: -James Frederick Bridenstine (born June 15, 1975) is an American military officer and politician who served as the 13th administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Detailed explanation-4: -Paine was appointed Deputy Administrator of NASA on January 31, 1968. Upon the retirement of James E. Webb on October 8, 1968, he was named Acting Administrator of NASA. He was nominated as NASA’s third Administrator on March 5, 1969, and confirmed by the Senate on March 20, 1969.