Apr 12 2002
From The Space Library
In his first major speech as NASA's Administrator, Sean O’Keefe announced his strategic vision for the future of NASA. In his speech, “Pioneering the Future,” at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, O'Keefe stated that NASA's new vision was “to improve life here, to extend life to there, and to find life beyond.” In addition, O'Keefe said that NASA's mission was “to understand and protect our home planet, to explore the universe and search for life, to inspire the next generation of explorers . . . as only NASA can.” O'Keefe also emphasized that NASA would carry out its mission with a commitment to fiscal responsibility and to working with academia, government agencies, and private industry. (NASA, “Administrator Unveils Future NASA Vision and a Renewed Journey of Learning,” new release 02-66, 12 April 2002.)
NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe announced that, after international partners had completed certain portions of the ISS, former schoolteacher Barbara R. Morgan would fly on a Space Shuttle mission to the station. NASA had selected Morgan as a mission specialist in the astronaut class of 1998. She had subsequently worked in ISS Mission Control, relaying instructions between ISS Mission Control and the crew of Expedition 4 aboard the ISS. Morgan had previously served as a backup candidate for the Teacher in Space Program, training with Christa McAuliffe and the STS-51L crew of Space Shuttle Challenger. At the time of O'Keefe's announcement, Morgan was part of a new Educator Astronaut Program administered by NASA and the Department of Education, designed to attract students to engineering, math, and science. (NASA, “Press Briefing Scheduled with NASA Administrator and Astronaut Barbara Morgan,” news release N02-28, 15 April 2002; William Harwood, “McAuliffe's Backup Will Go to Space in 2004,” Washington Post, 13 April 2002.)
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