David A. King

David A. King
David A. King

Official NASA portrait of David A. King
Born United States
Education Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at University of South Carolina, Master’s degree in business administration at Florida Institute of Technology
Occupation Executive Vice President at Dynetics, Inc.

David A. King was the tenth Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville, Alabama. He was appointed to the position on June 15, 2003. He announced his retirement from NASA on March 26, 2009. Soon thereafter, King started in the position of Executive Vice President at Dynetics, Inc., a Huntsville-based defense contractor.

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.

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.

King has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of South Carolina, and in 1991 a master’s degree in business administration from the Florida Institute of Technology.[1]

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