Overview

• Pelfrey informed Marshall employees by email on Thursday that he will leave the center director role.
• He wrote that he will work with agency leadership to find new ways to serve rather than retire.
• NASA confirmed his resignation and said the search for the next permanent director will be public and open.
• Pelfrey said the center is in the capable hands of Deputy Director Rae Ann Meyer during the transition.
• Marshall oversees major Artemis hardware work, manages the Michoud Assembly Facility, and directs roughly $5 billion in annual programs.