STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. – NASA has appointed Richard Gilbrech associate director of Stennis Space Center. He's the former director of Stennis, serving between January 2006 and August 2007, when he was appointed associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. Last November Gilbrech announced his retirement from that headquarters post. Gilbrech will return to Stennis in early May. (Source: NASA, 03/02/09)