NASA head of human spaceflight resigns abruptly before launch next week

Doug Loverro, NASA’s official in charge of the human spaceflight division, has resigned abruptly on Monday. Loverro’s exit comes days before the U.S. is set to send astronauts into space from American soil for the first time since the Space Shuttle program was retired almost a decade ago. Loverro was a Pentagon official prior to joining NASA in October 2019.