[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages 603-612]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
300 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20546
Phone, 202-358-1000
Administrator Daniel S. Goldin
Deputy Administrator J.R. Dailey, Acting
Associate Deputy Administrator J.R. Dailey
Associate Deputy Administrator (Technical) Michael I. Mott
Chief Scientist France A. Cordova
Chief Engineer David H. Mobley
Chief Information Officer John C. Lynn
NASA Chief Financial Officer Arnold H. Holtz
Comptroller Malcolm L. Peterson
Deputy Chief Financial Officer Kenneth J. Winter
Director, Systems and Cost David J. Pine
Analysis Division
Director, Financial Management (vacancy)
Division
Director, Resource Analysis Patricia A. Nash
Division
Chief, Budget Operations Office Bobby C. Bales
Associate Administrator for Policy and Plans Alan M. Ladwig
Director for Special Projects and Staff Anne L. Accola
Director, NASA Advisory Council
Associate Administrator for Legislative Affairs Jeffrey Lawrence
Deputy Associate Administrator Lynn W. Henninger
Deputy Associate Administrator Mary D. Kerwin
(Programs)
Deputy Associate Administrator Phyllis A. Love
(Policy)
Director, Congressional Liaison Mary D. Kerwin, Acting
Division
Director, Legislation Division Michael A. Maguire
Director, Congressional Helen Rothman
Inquiries Division
Director, Outreach Division Phyllis A. Love, Acting
Associate Administrator for Life and Harry C. Holloway
Microgravity Sciences and Applications
Deputy Associate Administrator Arnauld E. Nicogossian
(Operations and Space Flight)
Deputy Associate Administrator (vacancy)
(Programs)
Director, Policy and Program Arnauld E. Nicogossian,
Management Acting
Director, Life and Biomedical Joan Vernikos
Sciences and Applications
Division
Director, Microgravity Sciences Robert C. Rhome
and Applications Division
Director, Flight Systems Edward A. Reeves
Division
Director, Aerospace Medicine Earl W. Fergusion,
and Occupational Health Acting
Division
Associate Administrator for Mission to Planet Charles F. Kennel
Earth
Deputy Associate Administrator William F. Townsend
(Programs)
Deputy Associate Administrator Michael B. Mann
(Management)
Assistant Associate Administrator Lisa R. Shaffer, Acting
(External Coordination)
Assistant Associate Administrator Douglas R. Norton
(Program Integration)
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Director, Flight Systems Michael R. Luther
Division
Director, Operations, Data and Dixon M. Butler
Information Systems
Division
Director, Science Division Robert C. Harriss
Associate Administrator for Space Science Wesley T. Huntress
Deputy Associate Administrator A.V. Diaz
Assistant Associate Administrator Mary E. Kicza
Cassini Program Director Earle K. Huckins
Director, Solar System Jurgen Rahe
Exploration Division
Director, Astrophysics Division Daniel W. Weedman
Director, Space Physics George L. Withbroe
Division
Associate Administrator for Continual Lawrence J. Ross,
Improvement Acting
Director, Internal Total Joseph McElwee
Quality Management Division
Director, Benchmarking and John W. Gaff
External Programs Division
General Counsel Edward A. Frankle
Deputy General Counsel George E. Reese
Associate General Counsel Robert M. Stephens
(General Law)
Associate General Counsel David P. Forbes
(Contracts)
Associate General Counsel John G. Mannix
(Intellectual Property)
Associate General Counsel June W. Edwards
(Commercial)
Associate Administrator for Procurement Deidre A. Lee
Deputy Associate Administrator Thomas S. Luedtke
Director, Program Operations A. Foster Fournier
Division
Director, Acquisition Liaison W. Lee Evey
Division
Director, Analysis Division Roger P. Wilson, Acting
Director, Contract Management Anne C. Guenther
Division
Director, Headquarters Laura D. Layton
Acquisition Division
Associate Administrator for Small and Ralph C. Thomas III
Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Associate Administrator for Space Access and John E. Mansfield
Technology
Deputy Associate Administrator Gregory M. Reck
Director, Flight Integration Jack Levine
Office
Director, Launch Vehicles Charles R. Gunn
Office
Director, Technology Transfer Robert L. Norwood
and Commercial Development
Division
Director, Spacecraft Systems Samuel L. Venneri
Division
Director, Space Processing Edward A. Gabris
Division
Director, Space Transportation Gary Payton
Division
Director, Management Operations Martin Stein
Division
Senior Executive for Advanced Ivan Bekey
Concept Division
Associate Administrator for Public Affairs Laurie Boeder
Deputy Associate Administrator Geoffrey H. Vincent
Deputy Associate Administrator Bruce Henderson
(New Initiatives)
Director, Program Management Walter A. Maull, Acting
Division
Director, Media Services James W. McCulla
Division
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Director, Public Services Paula Cleggett-Haleim,
Division Acting
Director, Television Thomas J. Bentsen,
Development Division Acting
Associate Administrator for Space Flight J. Wayne Littles
Deputy Associate Administrator Richard J. Wisniewski
Deputy Associate Administrator Wilbur C. Trafton
(Space Station Program)
Deputy Associate Administrator Bryon D. O'Connor
(Space Shuttle)
Associate Administrator for Management Systems Benita A. Cooper
and Facilities
Deputy Associate Administrator Michael D. Christensen
Director, Environmental Robert E. Hammond
Management Division
Director, Information Resources Russell S. Rice
Management Division
Director, Facilities Engineering William W. Brubaker
Division
Director, Security, Logistics and Jeffrey E. Sutton
Industrial Relations Division
Director, Headquarters Operations (vacancy)
Division
Director, Resources and Timothy M. Sullivan
Management Controls Office
Director, Aircraft Management James T. Boddie, Jr.
Office
Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Frederick D. Gregory
Assurance
Deputy Associate Administrator Michael A. Greenfield
Director, Aerospace Safety Frank L. Manning
Advisory Panel
Director, Engineering and Daniel R. Mulville
Quality Management Division
Director, Resources Management Dale E. Moore
Office
Director, Space Flight Safety Richard U. Perry
and Mission Assurance
Division
Director, Payloads and J. Charles Sawyer, Jr.,
Aeronautics Division Acting
Director, Safety and Risk James D. Lloyd
Management Division
Director, Software Independent Charles W. Mertz
Verification Facility
Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Robert E. Whitehead,
Acting
Deputy Associate Administrator Robert E. Whitehead
Deputy Associate Administrator Richard A. Reeves
(Management)
Chief Engineer (vacancy)
Director, Institutions Division (vacancy)
Director, Resources and Glenn C. Fuller
Management Office
Director, Strategy and Policy Jay M. Henn
Office
Director, High Performance Lee B. Holcomb
Computing and
Communications Office
Director, High Speed Research Louis J. Williams
Division
Director, Subsonic Ray V. Hood, Acting
Transportation Division
Director, High Performance Richard S.
Aircraft and Flight Christiansen,
Projects Division Acting
Director, Critical Technologies Richard S.
Division Christiansen,
Acting
Associate Administrator for Space Charles T. Force
Communications
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Deputy Associate Administrator (vacancy)
Director, Program Integration David W. Harris
Division
Director, Administration and Ronald R. Dapice
Resources Management Division
Director, Communications and Data Charles T. Force,
Systems Division Acting
Director, Ground Networks Robert M. Hornstein
Division
Director, Space Network Division Wilson Lundy
Associate Administrator for Human Resources and Spence M. Armstrong
Education
Director, Education Division Franklin C. Owens
Director, Management Systems Stanley S. Kask, Jr.
Division
Director, National Service Tyrone C. Taylor
Center
Director, Personnel Division Vicki A. Novak
Director, Training and Carson K. Eoyang
Development Division
Associate Administrator for Equal Opportunity Yvonne B. Freeman
Programs
Deputy Associate Administrator (vacancy)
Director, Diversity Policy and James A. Westbrooks
Strategic Planning Division
Director, Discrimination Oceola S. Hall
Complaints Division
Director, Minority University Bettie L. White
Research and Education
Division
Inspector General (vacancy)
Deputy Inspector General Lewis D. Rinker
Assistant Inspector General for (vacancy)
Auditing
Assistant Inspector General for (vacancy)
Investigations
Assistant Inspector General for (vacancy)
Management
Associate Administrator for External Relations John D. Shumacher,
Acting
Deputy Associate Administrator John D. Shumacher
Director, Defense Affairs Conrad O. Forsythe
Division
Director, Management Support Shirley A. Perez
Office
Director, International Beth A. Masters
Relations Division
Director, Space Flight Division Lynn F.H. Cline
Director, Special Studies Sylvia K. Kraemer
Division
Director, Mission to Planet Lisa R. Shaffer
Earth Division
NASA Centers
Director, Ames Research Center Ken K. Munechika
Director, George C. Marshall Space Flight G. Porter Bridwell
Center
Director, Goddard Space Flight Center John M. Klineberg
Manager, NASA Management Office, Jet Propulsion Kurt Lindstrom
Laboratory
Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center Jay F. Honeycutt
Director, Langley Research Center Paul F. Holloway
Director, Lewis Research Center Donald J. Campbell
Director, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Carolyn Huntoon
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Director, John C. Stennis Space Center Roy S. Estess
Director, Dryden Flight Research Center Kenneth J. Szalai
[For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration statement of
organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14, Part 1201]
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration conducts research for
the solution of problems of flight within and outside the Earth's
atmosphere and develops, constructs, tests, and operates aeronautical
and space vehicles. It conducts activities required for the exploration
of space with manned and unmanned vehicles and arranges for the most
effective utilization of the scientific and engineering resources of the
United States with other nations engaged in aeronautical and space
activities for peaceful purposes.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was established by the
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2451
et seq.).
NASA Headquarters
Planning, coordinating, and controlling Administration programs are
vested in Headquarters. Directors of NASA centers are responsible for
the execution of agency programs, largely through contracts with
research, development, and manufacturing enterprises. A broad range of
research and development activities are conducted in NASA Centers by
Government-employed scientists, engineers, and technicians to evaluate
new concepts and phenomena and to maintain the competence required to
manage contracts with private enterprises.
Planning, directing, and managing research and development programs
are the responsibility of seven program offices, all of which report to
and receive overall guidance and direction from the Administrator. The
overall planning and direction of institutional operations at NASA
Centers and management of agencywide institutional resources are the
responsibility of the appropriate Institutional Associate Administrator
under the overall guidance and direction of the Administrator.
Aeronautics The Office of Aeronautics is responsible for conducting
programs that pioneer the identification, development, verification,
transfer, application, and commercialization of high-payoff aeronautics
technologies.
The Office seeks to promote economic growth and security and to enhance
U.S. competitiveness through safe, superior, and environmentally
compatible U.S. civil and military aircraft, and through a safe,
efficient national aviation system. In addition, the Office is
responsible for managing the Ames, Dryden Flight, Langley, and Lewis
Research Centers.
For further information, call 202-358-2693.
Space Access and Technology The Office of Space Access and Technology
pioneers innovative space technologies and proactively transfers those
technologies to aerospace and nonaerospace applications. This Office is
responsible for planning and assessing technology development
requirements and providing management and executive leadership for
activities across the Agency which satisfy these requirements; and for
developing partnerships with industry, academia, and other Government
agencies.
For further information, call 202-358-4566.
Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications The Office of Life and
Microgravity Sciences and Applications is responsible for NASA's
programs concerned with life and microgravity sciences and their
possible commercial applications, life support research and
technologies, space human factors, occupational health issues, and
aerospace medicine. The Office provides planning, development,
integration, and operations support for science payloads on the space
shuttle, free flyers, space station, and other advanced carriers. The
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Office also establishes all requirements and standards for design,
development, and operation of human space flight systems and facilities.
For further information, call 202-358-2530.
Mission to Planet Earth The Office of Mission to Planet Earth conducts
NASA's programs that study global climate change and integrated
functioning of the Earth as a system. This includes developing and
managing remote sensing satellites and instruments, aircraft and ground
measurements and research, as well as data and information systems
needed to support the objectives of the U.S. Global Change Research
Program. The Office also has institutional management responsibility for
the Goddard Space Flight Center and maintains contact with the National
Academy of Sciences and other science advisory and coordinating boards
and committees.
For further information, call 202-358-1770.
Space Science The Office of Space Science is responsible for conducting
programs and research designed to understand the origin, evolution, and
structure of the universe and the solar system. The Office also manages
NASA's activities at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and maintains
contacts with the Space Studies Board of the National Academy of
Sciences and with other science advisory boards and committees.
For further information, call 202-358-1409.
Space Flight The Office of Space Flight (OSF) is NASA's principal
organization for space flight operations and utilization involving human
space flight. It consists of the following programmatic missions: flight
to and from space for people and cargo, operating habitable space
facilities, and managing the utilization of these facilities in support
of NASA's space missions, such as space missions from and to Earth. OSF
operates the space shuttle and the Spacelab and is currently developing
the U.S. segment of the international space station. The Office is also
responsible for institutional management of the Kennedy Space Center,
Marshall Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Flight Center, and the
Stennis Space Center.
In further executing its responsibilities, the Office plans,
directs, and executes the development, acquisition, testing, and
operation of all elements of the Space Shuttle Program; plans, directs,
and manages execution of prelaunch, launch, flight landing, post-flight
operations, and payload assignments; maintains and upgrades the design
of ground and flight systems throughout the operational period; procures
recurring system hardware; manages Spacelab development, procurement,
and operations; develops and implements necessary policy with other
government and commercial users of the space shuttle; and coordinates
all associated research. OSF is working with the Russian Space Agency to
plan and execute a series of joint missions that will involve flying
cosmonauts aboard the space shuttle and astronauts aboard the Mir space
station. In 1995, a U.S. astronaut was launched aboard a Russian rocket
to Mir for a 90-day stay aboard the space station, followed by a shuttle
docking mission to Mir to exchange crew members. This mission will be
the first of up to seven joint missions, precursors to assembly and
utilization of the international space station.
NASA is leading an international effort to build and deploy a
permanently manned space station into Earth's orbit. Elements of the
space station will be provided by Canada, Japan, Italy, Russia, and nine
European nations represented by the European Space Agency. The space
station will be a permanent outpost in space where humans will live and
work productively for extended periods of time. It will provide an
advanced research laboratory to explore space and employ its resources,
as well as the opportunity to learn to build, operate, and maintain
systems in space. U.S. elements of the space station will be launched
aboard the space shuttle and assembled in orbit. The first flight is
scheduled for 1997.
For further information, call 202-358-2015.
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Space Communications The Office of Space Communications is responsible
for meeting requirements critical to NASA's aeronautics and space flight
missions. They include spacecraft operations and control centers, ground
and space communications, data acquisition and processing, flight
dynamics and trajectory analyses, spacecraft tracking, and applied
research and development of new technology. The Space Network with its
constellation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, Deep Space Network,
Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network, and various other facilities
currently provide for the requirements for NASA's space missions. A
global communications system links tracking sites, control centers, and
data processing facilities that provide real-time data processing for
mission control, orbit and attitude determination, and routine
processing of telemetry data for space missions.
For further information, call 202-358-4758.
NASA Centers
Ames Research Center The Center, located at Moffett Field, CA, provides
leadership for NASA in aeronautics and astronautics research and
technology development. The Center fulfills this mission through the
development and operation of unique national facilities and the conduct
and management of leading edge research and technology programs. These
activities are vital to the achievement of the Nation's aeronautics and
space goals, and to its security and economic prosperity.
Dryden Flight Research Center The Center, which is located in Edwards,
CA, conducts safe, timely aerospace flight research and aircraft
operations in support of agency and national needs. It assures
preeminent flight research capability through effective management and
maintenance of unique national expertise and facilities, and provides
operational landing support for the national space transportation
system.
Goddard Space Flight Center The Center, which is located in Greenbelt,
MD, conducts Earth-orbiting spacecraft and experiment development and
flight operations. It develops and operates tracking and data
acquisition systems and conducts supporting mission operations. It also
develops and operates Spacelab payloads; space physics research
programs; Earth science and applications programs; life science
programs; information systems technology; sounding rockets and sounding
rocket payloads; launch vehicles; balloons and balloon experiments;
planetary science experiments; and sensors for environmental monitoring
and ocean dynamics.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory The Laboratory, which is operated under
contract by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA,
develops spacecraft and space sensors and conducts mission operations
and ground-based research in support of solar system exploration, Earth
science and applications, Earth and ocean dynamics, space physics and
astronomy, and life science and information systems technology. The
Laboratory also is responsible for the operation of the Deep Space
Network in support of NASA projects.
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center The Center, which is located in Houston,
TX, is the host center for the Space Station Program Office, and manages
the development and operation of the space shuttle, a manned space
transportation system developed for the United States by NASA. The
shuttle is designed to reduce the cost of using space for commercial,
scientific, and defense needs. This Center is responsible for the
development, production, delivery, and flight operation of the orbiter
vehicle, that portion of the space shuttle that is designed to take crew
and experiments into space, place satellites in orbit, retrieve ailing
satellites, etc. The shuttle crew (up to seven people) includes pilots,
mission specialists, and payload specialists. Crew personnel (other than
payload specialists) are recruited, selected, and trained by the Center.
It is also responsible for design, development, and testing of
spaceflight
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payloads and associated systems for manned flight; for planning and
conducting manned spaceflight missions; and for directing medical,
engineering, and scientific experiments that are helping man understand
and improve the environment.
John F. Kennedy Space Center The Center in Florida designs, constructs,
operates, and maintains space vehicle facilities and ground support
equipment for launch and recovery operations. The Center is also
responsible for prelaunch operations, launch operations, and payload
processing for the space shuttle and expendable launch vehicle programs,
and landing operations for the space shuttle orbiter; also recovery and
refurbishment of the reusable solid rocket booster.
Langley Research Center The Center, located in Hampton, VA, performs
research in long-haul aircraft technology; general aviation commuter
aircraft technology; military aircraft and missile (systems) technology;
National Aero-Space Plane; fundamental aerodynamics; computational fluid
dynamics; propulsion/airframe integration; unsteady aerodynamics and
aeroelasticity; hypersonic propulsion; aerospace acoustics; aerospace
vehicle structures and materials; computational structural mechanics;
space structures and dynamics; controls/structures interaction;
aeroservoelasticity; interdisciplinary research; aerothermodynamics;
aircraft flight management and operating procedures; advanced displays;
computer science; electromagnetics; automation and robotics; reliable,
fault-tolerant systems and software; aircraft flight control systems;
advanced space vehicle configurations; advanced space station
development; technology experiments in space; remote sensor and data
acquisition and communication technology; space electronics and control
systems; planetary entry technology; nondestructive evaluation and
measurements technology; atmospheric sciences; Earth radiation budget;
atmospheric dynamics; space power conversion and transmission; space
environmental effects; and systems analysis of advanced aerospace
vehicles.
Lewis Research Center The Center, located in Cleveland, OH, is a center
of excellence in aeronautics, space systems, and microgravity science
and technology. The Center also conducts research in critical
disciplines of materials, structures, internal fluid mechanics
instrumentation, and controls and electronics. All of these efforts are
supported by unique research and development facilities.
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center The Center, which is located in
Huntsville, AL, manages, develops, and tests the external tank, solid
rocket booster, and main engines, which are major portions of the space
shuttle project; oversees the development of the Spacelab; and conducts
research in structural systems, materials science engineering,
electronics, guidance, navigation, and control.
John C. Stennis Space Center The Center, which is located in Bay St.
Louis, MS, plans and manages research and development activities in the
field of space and terrestrial applications; space flight; and research
in oceanography, meteorology, and environmental sciences.
Sources of Information
Contracts and Small Business Activities Inquiries regarding contracting
for small business opportunities with the Administration should be
directed to the Associate Administrator for Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW., Washington,
DC 20546. Phone, 202-358-2088.
Employment Direct all inquiries to the Personnel Director of the
nearest NASA Center or, for the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, to
the Chief, Headquarters Personnel Branch, NASA Headquarters, Washington,
DC 20546. Phone, 202-358-1562.
Publications, Speakers, Films, and Exhibit Services Several
publications concerning these services can be obtained by contacting the
Public Affairs Officer of the nearest NASA Center.
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Publications include NASA Directory of Services for the Public, NASA
Film List, and NASA Educational Publications List. The Headquarters
telephone directory and certain publications and picture sets are
available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents, Government
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Telephone directories for NASA
Centers are available only from the Centers. Publications and documents
not available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents or the
National Technical Information Service (Springfield, VA 22151) may be
obtained from the NASA Center's Information Center in accordance with
the Administration regulation concerning freedom of information (14 CFR,
part 1206).
Reading Room NASA Headquarters Information Center, Room 1H23, 300 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20546. Phone, 202-358-1000.
For further information, contact the Headquarters Information Center,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546.
Phone, 202-358-1000.
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