What is Pamela Melroy?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Pamela Melroy | image = NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy Official Portrait (NHQ202303020038).jpeg | caption = Official portrait, 2023 | office = 15th [[List of Administrators and Deputy Administrators of NASA|Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] | president = [[Joe Biden]] | term_start = June 21, 2021 | term_end = January 20, 2025 | predecessor = [[James Morhard]] | successor = | birth_name = Pamela Ann Melroy | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1961|9|17}}}} | birth_place = [[Palo Alto, California]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[Wellesley College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[Master of Science|MS]]) | module = {{Infobox astronaut |child = yes |type = [[NASA astronaut]] |selection = [[NASA Astronaut Group 15|NASA Group 15 (1994)]] |time = 38d 20h 6m |mission = [[STS-92]]<br>[[STS-112]]<br>[[STS-120]] |insignia = [[File:Sts-92-patch.svg|50px|link=STS-92]] [[File:Sts-112-patch.png|50px|link=STS-112]] [[File:Sts-120-patch.png|50px|link=STS-120]]}} }} '''Pamela Ann Melroy''' (born September 17, 1961) is a retired [[United States Air Force]] officer and a former [[NASA]] [[astronaut]]. She was the [[Deputy Administrator of NASA]] from 2021 until 2025 during the [[Joe Biden]] administration. She served as pilot on [[Space Shuttle]] missions [[STS-92]] and [[STS-112]] and commanded mission [[STS-120]] before leaving the agency in August 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jul/HQ_09-176_Melroy_Leaves_NASA.html|title=NASA - Veteran Astronaut Pam Melroy Leaves NASA|website=www.nasa.gov|access-date=2021-04-16|archive-date=2009-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726101304/http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jul/HQ_09-176_Melroy_Leaves_