NASA's Joe Acaba to Serve as Agency's Chief AstronautNASA has appointed veteran astronaut Joe Acaba as chief of the Astronaut Office at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. A decorated veteran of multiple spaceflights, as well a former U.S. Marine and former educator, Acaba is the first person of Hispanic heritage selected to lead the office.
Source: NASA's Joe Acaba to Serve as Agency's Chief Astronaut (http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-joe-acaba-to-serve-as-agency-s-chief-astronaut)