Kirk Shireman – Spaceflight Now

July 4, 2020

Breaking News

[ July 3, 2020 ] Rocket Lab plans next launch Saturday, closes in on first mission from Virginia Mission Reports
[ July 2, 2020 ] Coronavirus work stoppage likely to delay launch of NASA X-ray astronomy mission Falcon 9
[ July 1, 2020 ] After weather delays, Arianespace delays Vega launch to recharge batteries Mission Reports
[ July 1, 2020 ] Spacewalkers complete another round of battery replacement work Mission Reports
[ June 30, 2020 ] SpaceX launches its first mission for the U.S. Space Force Falcon 9

NASA’s space station program manager retiring from agency

June 17, 2020

Kirk Shireman, NASA’s program manager for the International Space Station, is retiring from the space agency later this month to take a position in private industry.

SpaceX ready to return to the space station

April 7, 2016

Ground crews loaded time-critical experiments, including 20 mice to help scientists study muscle atrophy, into SpaceX’s commercial Dragon cargo capsule Thursday, a day before a launch planned from Cape Canaveral toward the International Space Station.

NASA space station program manager stepping down

August 5, 2015

Mike Suffredini, manager of NASA’s International Space Station program, is stepping down after 10 years overseeing the lab’s final assembly and transition to post-shuttle operations, the agency said Wednesday. Kirk Shireman, deputy director of the Johnson Space Center, will take over as program manager.