[United States Government Manual]
[May 30, 1997]
[Pages 580-588]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                                   (vacancy)
Chief Engineer                                    Daniel R. Mulville
Chief Technologist                                Samuel R. Venneri
NASA Chief Financial Officer                      Arnold G. Holz
    Comptroller                                   Malcolm L. Peterson

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    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
Staff Director, NASA Advisory Council             Anne L. Accola
    Director for Special Studies                  Sylvia K. Kraemer
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              Arnauld E. 
        Microgravity Sciences and Applications            Nicogossian, 
                                                          Acting
    Deputy Associate Administrator                (vacancy)
            (Operations and Space 
            Flight)
        Director, Aerospace Medicine              James D. Collier
                Division
        Director, Flight Systems Office           Edmond M. Reeves
        Director, Life Sciences Division          Joan Vernikos
        Director, Microgravity Research           Robert C. Rhome
                Division
        Director, Policy and Program              Stephan W. Fogleman
                Management
        Director, Space Development and           Edward A. Gabris
                Commercial Research 
                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             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              Roy Maizel
                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                        (vacancy)
        Associate General Counsel                 June W. Edwards
                (Commercial)
        Associate General Counsel                 David P. Forbes
              (Contracts)
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        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               Anne C. Guenther
        Director, Contract Management             Laura D. Layron
                Division
        Director, Program Operations              James A. Balinskas
                Division
Associate Administrator for Small and             Ralph C. Thomas III
        Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Associate Administrator for Public Affairs        Laurie Boeder
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Geoffrey H. Vincent
        Director, Media Services                  Brian D. Welch, Acting
                Division
        Director, Public Services                 Paula Cleggett-Haleim
                Division
Associate Administrator for Space Flight          Wilbur C. Trafton
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Richard J. Wisniewski
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Stephen S. Oswald
            (Space Shuttle)
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Wilbur C. Trafton
            (Space Station Program)
Associate Administrator for Management Systems    Benita A. Cooper
        and Facilities
    Director, Space Station Requirements          Gretchen W. McClain, 
                                                          Acting
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Jeffrey E. Sutton, 
                                                          Acting
    Director, Aircraft Management Office          J. Timothy Boddie, Jr.
    Director, Environmental Management            Olga Dominguez, Acting
            Division
    Director, Facilities Engineering              William W. Brubaker
            Division
    Director, Information Resources               Ali S. Montasser
            Management Division
    Director, Management Assessment               Danalee Green, Acting
            Division
    Director, Security, Logistics, and            Mark R.J. Borsi, 
            Industrial Relations                          Acting
            Division
Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission    Frederick D. Gregory
        Assurance
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Michael A. Greenfield
        Executive Director, Aerospace             Norman B. Starkey
                Safety Advisory Panel
        Director, Payloads and                    Peggy L. Evanich
                Aeronautics Division
        Director, Space Flight Safety             Peter J. Rutledge
                and Mission Assurance 
                Division
        Director, Safety and Risk                 James D. Lloyd
                Management Division
        Director, Resources Management            Dale E. Moore
                Office
Associate Administrator for Aeronautics and       Robert E. Whitehead
        Space Transportation Technology
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Richard A. Reeves
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Gary E. Payton
            (Space Transportation 
            Technology)
        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              Kathryn C. Ferrare
              Office

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        Director, Resources Management            Glenn C. Fuller
                Office
        Director, Space Transportation            Gary E. Payton
                Division
        Director, Commercial Development          Robert L. Norwood
                Division
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                    (vacancy)
                Development Division
Associate Administrator for Equal Opportunity     George E. Reese, 
        Programs                                          Acting
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Oceola S. Hall
    Director, Affirmative Employment and          James A. Westbrooks
            Diversity Policy Division
    Director, Discrimination Complaints           Brenda Manuel-
            Division                                      Alexander, 
                                                          Acting
    Director, Minority University                 Bettie L. White
            Research and Education 
            Division
Inspector General                                 Roberta L. Gross
        Assistant Inspector General for           Richard D. Triplett, 
                Investigations                            Acting
        Assistant Inspector General for           Robert J. Wesolowksi, 
                Auditing                                  Acting
        Assistant Inspector General for           David M. Cushing
                Inspections and 
                Assessments
    Assistant Inspector General for               Lewis D. Rinker
            Partnerships and Alliances
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 Center  J. Wayne Littles
Director, Goddard Space Flight Center             Joseph H. Rothenberg
Manager, NASA Management Office, Jet Propulsion   Kurt Lindstrom
        Laboratory
Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center            Roy D. Bridges
Director, Langley Research Center                 Jeremiah F. Creedon
Director, Lewis Research Center                   Donald J. Campbell
Director, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center          George W.S. Abbey

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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 and Space Transportation Technology  The Office of 
Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology conducts programs that 
pioneer the identification, development, verification, transfer, 
application, and commercialization of high-payoff aeronautics and space 
transportation 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, through 
a safe, efficient national aviation system, and through low-cost access 
to space. In addition, the Office is responsible for managing the Ames, 
Dryden Flight, Langley, and Lewis Research Centers.

For further information, call 202-358-2693.

Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications  The Office of Life and 
Microgravity Sciences and Applications conducts programs concerned with 
life sciences, microgravity sciences and applications, aerospace 
medicine and occupational health programs, and space development and 
commercialization. The Office directs the planning, development, 
integration, and operations support for NASA missions which use 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 
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

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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 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 is responsible for the space shuttle, space communications, 
spectrum management, 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.
    Through its centers, 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 January 1997, the fifth of nine planned space shuttle 
missions to Mir and the second involving an exchange of U.S. astronauts 
was launched. Two more space shuttle/Mir docking missions are planned 
for 1997. The space shuttle/Mir docking missions are 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 11 
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 
currently scheduled for 1997.

For further information, call 202-358-2015.

Space Science  The Office of Space Science conducts 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.

NASA Centers

Ames Research Center  The Center, located at Moffett Field, CA, provides 
leadership for NASA in aviation operations systems, 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

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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.

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center  The Center, which is located in Houston, 
TX, is the NASA center of excellence for human operations in space. The 
Center strives to advance the national capability for human exploration 
and utilization of space by research, development, and operation of the 
space shuttle, the international space station (ISS), and other space 
systems and by developing and maintaining excellence in the fields of 
project management, space systems engineering, medical and life 
sciences, lunar and planetary geosciences, and crew and mission 
operations. It is also the lead center for several agencywide programs 
and initiatives, including the space shuttle and ISS program, space 
operations, extra-vehicular activity (EVA) projects, Phase I program, 
astromaterials sciences, biomedical research, advanced human support 
technology, and space medicine.

John F. Kennedy Space Center  The Center, which is located in Florida, 
is the NASA center of excellence for launch and payload processing 
operations and is the lead center for the Spacelab program. The Center 
is home to the space shuttle fleet, which transports astronaut crews, 
space station elements, Spacelab, and a wide variety of payloads into 
Earth orbit and beyond. It also provides Government oversight of NASA 
expendable vehicle launches and the launch of NASA-sponsored payloads.

Langley Research Center  The Center, located in Hampton, VA, provides 
leadership in airframe systems and atmospheric science and is a center 
of excellence for structures and materials. It conducts research in the 
critical disciplines of fundamental aerodynamics, propulsion/airframe 
integration, and hypersonic propulsion and operates unique national 
facilities in support of national research programs.

Lewis Research Center  The Center, located in Cleveland, OH, provides 
leadership 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, is the principal NASA center for design, development, 
integration, and testing of propulsion systems, launch vehicles, and 
space transportation systems, including propulsive stages for orbital 
transfer and deep space missions. It develops, integrates, and operates 
astrophysics, space physics, and microgravity sciences payloads and 
experiments. It has a supporting role in developing capabilities in the 
astronomy, astrophysics, and Earth sciences disciplines. It is the prime 
center for

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integrated payload utilization across all science disciplines.

John C. Stennis Space Center  The Center, which is located in Stennis 
Space Center, MS, operates, maintains, and manages a world-class 
propulsion testing facility for the development, certification, and 
acceptance testing of the space shuttle main engine. It has a supporting 
role in technology utilization, applications, and commercialization 
programs in environmental system sciences and observations, remote 
sensing, and image processing systems.

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 NASA 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 NASA 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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