[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 580-588]
[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 Daniel R. Mulville
Chief Information Officer Ronald S. West
NASA Chief Financial Officer Arnold G. Holz
Comptroller Malcolm L. Peterson
Deputy Chief Financial Officer Kenneth J. Winter
Director, Financial Management Stephen J. Varholy
Division
Director, Resource Analysis Patricia A. Nash
Division
Director, Systems and Cost David J. Pine
Analysis Division
Chief, Budget Operations Office (vacancy)
Associate Administrator for Headquarters Michael D. Christensen
Operations
Associate Administrator for Policy and Plans Alan M. Ladwig
Manager, Special Projects and Staff Director, Anne L. Accola
NASA Advisory Council
Director for NASA Continual John W. Gaff
Improvement
Director for Special Studies Sylvia K. Kraemer
Director for Strategic Planning Gary A. Steinberg
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 Helen Rothman
Inquiries Division
Director, Congressional Liaison Mary D. Kerwin, Acting
Division
Director, Legislation Division Michael A. Maguire
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)
Director, Aerospace Medicine Earl W. Ferguson
Division
Director, Flight Systems Office Edward A. Reeves
Director, Life Sciences Joan Vernikos
Division
Director, Microgravity Sciences Robert C. Rhome
and Applications Division
Director, Policy and Program Arnauld E. Nicogossian,
Management Acting
Associate Administrator for Mission to Planet Charles F. Kennel
Earth
Deputy Associate Administrator William F. Townsend
(Programs)
Deputy Associate Administrator Michael B. Mann
(Management)
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Assistant Associate Administrator Douglas R. Norton
(Program Integration)
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, Jr.
Deputy Associate Administrator Earle K. Huckins
Director, Administration and (vacancy)
Resources Management
Division
Director, Advanced Technology Peter Ulrich
and Mission Studies
Division
Director, Mission and Payload Kenneth Ledbetter
Development Division
Director, Research Program Henry Brinton
Management Division
General Counsel Edward A. Frankle
Deputy General Counsel George E. Reese
Associate General Counsel June W. Edwards
(Commercial)
Associate General Counsel David P. Forbes
(Contracts)
Associate General Counsel Robert M. Stephens
(General Law)
Associate General Counsel John G. Mannix
(Intellectual Property)
Associate Administrator for Procurement Deidre A. Lee
Deputy Associate Administrator Thomas S. Luedtke
Director, Analysis Division James A. Balinskas
Director, Contract Management Anne C. Guenther
Division
Director, Program Operations A. Foster Fournier
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, Management Operations Martin Stein
Division
Director, Space Processing Edward A. Gabris
Division
Director, Space Transportation Gary Payton
Division
Director, Spacecraft Systems Samuel L. Venneri
Division
Director, Technology Transfer Robert L. Norwood
and Commercial Development
Division
Senior Executive for Advanced Ivan Bekey
Concept Division
Associate Administrator for Public Affairs Laurie Boeder
Deputy Associate Administrator Geoffrey H. Vincent
Director, Media Services Mark S. Hess
Division
Director, Public Services Paula Cleggett-Haleim
Division
Associate Administrator for Space Flight Wilbur C. Trafton,
Acting
Deputy Associate Administrator Richard J. Wisniewski
Deputy Associate Administrator Stephen S. Oswald,
(Space Shuttle) Acting
Deputy Associate Administrator Wilbur C. Trafton
(Space Station Program)
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Associate Administrator for Management Systems Benita A. Cooper
and Facilities
Deputy Associate Administrator (vacancy)
Director, Aircraft Management J. Timothy Boddie, Jr.
Office
Director, Environmental Olga Dominguez, Acting
Management Division
Director, Facilities Engineering William W. Brubaker
Division
Director, Information Resources Russell S. Rice
Management Division
Director, Management Assessment Danalee Green, Acting
Division
Director, Security, Logistics, Jeffrey E. Sutton
and Industrial Relations
Division
Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Frederick D. Gregory
Assurance
Deputy Associate Administrator Michael A. Greenfield
Executive Director, Aerospace Frank L. Manning
Safety Advisory Panel
Director, Payloads and Peggy L. Evanich
Aeronautics Division
Director, Space Flight Safety Chester F. Nolf, Jr.,
and Mission Assurance Acting
Division
Director, Safety and Risk James D. Lloyd
Management Division
Director, Resources Management Dale E. Moore
Office
Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Robert E. Whitehead
Deputy Associate Administrator Richard A. Reeves
Director, Aerospace Research Richard S.
Division Christiansen,
Acting
Director, Alliance Development Louis J. Williams
Office
Director, Aviation Systems Lee B. Holcomb
Technology Division
Director, Management Support Cathy H. Mangum
Office
Director, Resources Management Glenn C. Fuller
Office
Director, Subsonic Ray V. Hood, Acting
Transportation Division
Associate Administrator for Space Charles T. Force
Communications
Deputy Associate Administrator (vacancy)
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, Program Integration David W. Harris
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, Personnel Division Vicki A. Novak
Director, Training and Carson K. Eoyang
Development Division
Associate Administrator for Equal Opportunity George E. Reese, Acting
Programs
Deputy Associate Administrator (vacancy)
Director, Affirmative Employment James A. Westbrooks
and Diversity Policy Division
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Director, Discrimination Brenda Manuel-
Complaints Division Alexander, Acting
Director, Minority University Bettie L. White
Research and Education
Division
Inspector General Roberta L. Gross
Assistant Inspector General for Lewis D. Rinker
Alliances and Partnerships
Assistant Inspector General for Debra A. Guentzel
Auditing
Assistant Inspector General for Richard D. Triplett,
Investigations Acting
Assistant Inspector General for David M. Cushing
Inspections and Assessments
Associate Administrator for External Relations John D. Shumacher
Deputy Associate Administrator Michael F. O'Brien
(Space Flight)
Director, Defense Affairs Conrad O. Forsythe
Division
Director, Management Support Shirley A. Perez
Office
Director, International Beth A. Masters
Relations Division
Director, Mission to Planet Lisa R. Shaffer
Earth Division
Director, Space Flight Division Lynn F.H. Cline
Director, Inventions and Robert J. Bobek
Contributions Board
NASA Centers
Director, Ames Research Center Henry McDonald
Director, George C. Marshall Space Flight J. Wayne Littles
Center
Director, Goddard Space Flight Center Joseph H. Rothenberg
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 George W.S. Abbey
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,
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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, international space station Mir, and other
advanced carriers. The Office also establishes all requirements and
standards for design, development, and operation of human space flight
systems and facilities.
For further information, call 202-358-0123.
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.
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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. The
Office operates the space shuttle and the Spacelab and is currently
leading development 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. The Office 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 115-day stay aboard the space station, followed by a
shuttle docking mission to Mir to exchange crew members. This mission
was the first of up to nine joint missions, precursors to assembly and
utilization of the international space station.
The Administration 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.
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 airspace systems operations, astrobiology, and
information systems 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
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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.
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 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;
fundamental aerodynamics; 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; 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
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excellence in aeropropulsion, space power, 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.
Government-Owned/Contractor-Operated Facility
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. It is
also responsible for the operation of the Deep Space Network in support
of NASA projects.
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. 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.