[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 
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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.

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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 
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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 
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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.