Rustan Retires from NRO After 4 Decades of Service

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Pedro L. Rustan is retiring from the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) at the end of October, according to a spokesman for the spy satellite agency.Rustan was recently director of the NRO's Mission Support Directorate, after serving as director of ground enterprise and advanced systems and technology directorates.He started off as a research scientistand test engineer for the U.S. Air Force in the 1970s, and became a program manager on radiation effects for the Defense Nuclear Agency in 1986. Rustan joined the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization in 1989 and was the Clementine spacecraft program's mission director for five years. He was responsible for managing the mission from its beginning to full operations. Clementine mapped the surface of the Moon using five cameras, discovering ice deposits.