Gilbrech now SSC deputy director

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Rick Gilbrech is now deputy director of John C. Stennis Space Center, the agency’s primary testing ground for rocket engines and propulsion systems, and its systems engineering center for applied science activities. The appointment of Gilbrech, who has served as the center's associate director, was effective immediately. Gilbrech began his NASA career at Stennis in 1991 and is the former director. He was associate administrator for the exploration systems mission directorate, retired, then returned to NASA and was named associate director at SSC before being named deputy director. (Source: NASA, 04/12/10)