[United States Government Manual] [June 01, 1999] [Pages 581-589] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 300 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20546 Phone, 202-358-0000 Administrator Daniel S. Goldin Senior Adviser to the Administrator Alan M. Ladwig Assistant to the Administrator for Daniel C. Tam Commercialization White House Liaison Leslie Tagg Deputy Administrator (vacancy) Associate Deputy Administrator J.R. Dailey [[Page 582]] Associate Deputy Administrator (Technical) (vacancy) Chief Scientist (vacancy) Chief Engineer Daniel R. Mulville Chief Technologist Samuel R. Venneri Chief Information Officer Lee B. Holcomb NASA Chief Financial Officer Arnold G. Holz Deputy Chief Financial Officer Kenneth J. Winter Comptroller Malcolm L. Peterson Director, Financial Management Stephen J. Varholy Division Director, Resource Analysis Richard M. Brozen Division Deputy Director, Budget Control Mary G. Gaskins Associate Administrator for Headquarters Michael D. Christensen Operations Director, Headquarters Business and Timothy M. Sullivan Administrative Services Division Director, Headquarters Information Sandra Daniels-Gibson Technology and Communications Division Director, Headquarters Human Alfred Castillo Resources Management Division Associate Administrator for Policy and Plans Lori B. Garver Staff Director, NASA Advisory Council G. Michael Green Director for Special Studies Sylvia K. Kraemer Chief Historian Roger Launius Associate Administrator for Legislative Affairs Edward Heffernan 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, Outreach Division Jason L. Kessler, Acting Associate Administrator for Life and Arnauld E. Nicogossian Microgravity Sciences and Applications Deputy Associate Administrator Beth M. McCormick Director, Flight Systems Office Edmond M. Reeves Director, Life Sciences Division Joan Vernikos Director, Policy and Program Kathryn A. Havens Integration Division Director, Microgravity Research Arnauld E. Division Nicogossian, Acting Director, Office of Health Richard S. Williams Affairs Director, Space Utilization and Arnauld E. Nicogossian Product Development Division Associate Administrator for Earth Science Ghassem R. Asrar Deputy Associate Administrator Michael L. Luther Director, Applications and Outreach Nancy Maynard Division Director, Business Division Richard Belk Director, Program Planning and Anngienetta R. Johnson Development Division Director, Research Division Jack Kaye 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 [[Page 583]] Division Director, Mission and Payload Kenneth Ledbetter Development Division Director, Research Program Henry Brinton Management Division General Counsel Edward A. Frankle Deputy General Counsel Robert M. Stephens Associate General Counsel June W. Edwards (Commercial) Associate General Counsel David P. Forbes (Contracts) Associate General Counsel Doris A. Wojnarowski (General Law) Associate General Counsel John G. Mannix (Intellectual Property) Associate Administrator for Procurement Thomas S. Luedtke, Acting Director, Analysis Division Anne C. Guenther Director, Contract Management R. Scott Thompson 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 Peggy C. Wilhide Deputy Associate Administrator Paula M. Cleggett Director, Media Services Brian D. Welch Division Director, Public Services Evelyn L. Thames Division Associate Administrator for Space Flight Joseph H. Rothenberg Deputy Associate Administrator Richard J. Wisniewski Deputy Administrator for Interagency Albert DiMarcantonio Enterprise Deputy Associate Administrator, Darrell R. Branscome Enterprise Development Deputy Associate Administrator Gretchen W. McClain (Development) Deputy Associate Administrator Michael J. Reilly (Business Management) Deputy Associate Administrator William F. Readdy (Operations) Associate Administrator for Management Systems Jeffrey E. Sutton and Facilities Deputy Associate Administrator (vacancy) Director, Environmental Management Olga Dominguez Division Director, Facilities Engineering William W. Brubaker Division Director, Physical Resources Project Ali S. Montasser Office Director, Management Assessment Danalee Green Division Director, Security, Logistics, Mark R.J. Borsi, Aircraft, and Industrial Acting Relations 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, Enterprise Safety and Michael A. Greenfield, Mission Assurance Acting Division Director, Safety and Risk James D. Lloyd Management Division Associate Administrator for Aero-Space Spence M. Armstrong Technology Deputy Associate Administrator Michael B. Mann [[Page 584]] Deputy Associate Administrator Gary E. Payton (Space Transportation Technology) Director, Commercial Technology Robert L. Norwood Division Director, Goals Division Michael B. Mann, Acting Director, Programs Division Richard S. Christiansen Director, Research Support Michael B. Mann, Division Acting Director, Resources Management Glenn C. Fuller Division Associate Administrator for Human Resources and Vicki A. Novak Education Director, Education Division Franklin C. Owens Director, Management Systems Timothy M. Sullivan Division Director, Personnel Division Joan Peterson Director, Training and Joseph McElwee, Jr. Development Division Associate Administrator for Equal Opportunity George E. Reese Programs Deputy Associate Administrator Oceola S. Hall Director, Affirmative Employment James A. Westbrooks and Diversity Policy Division Director, Discrimination Brenda Manuel- Complaints Division Alexander Director, Minority University Bettie L. White Research and Education Division Inspector General Roberta L. Gross Assistant Inspector General for Russell A. Rau Audits Assistant Inspector General for Samuel A. Maxey Investigations Advanced Technology Program Thomas J. Talleur Manager Assistant Inspector General for David M. Cushing Inspections, Administrative Investigations, and Assessments Director, Resources Management Charles E. Heaton, Jr. Division Associate Administrator for External Relations John D. Shumacher Deputy Associate Administrator Lynn F.H. Cline Deputy Associate Administrator Michael F. O'Brien (Space Flight) Director, Assessments and Robert L. Tucker, Jr. Technology Division Director, Human Space Flight and Angela P. Diaz Research Division Director, Inventions and Robert J. Bobek Contributions Board Director, Mission to Planet Lynn F.H. Cline, Earth Science Division Acting Director, Resources Management Shirley A. Perez Office Director, Space Science and James B. Higgins, Aeronautics Division Acting NASA Centers Director, Ames Research Center Henry McDonald Director, Dryden Flight Research Center Kevin L. Peterson Director, John H. Glenn Research Center Donald J. Campbell Director, Goddard Space Flight Center Alphonso V. Diaz Director, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center George W.S. Abbey Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center Roy D. Bridges Director, Langley Research Center Jeremiah F. Creedon [[Page 585]] Director, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Arthur G. Stephenson Manager, NASA Management Office, Jet Propulsion Kurt Lindstrom Laboratory Director, John C. Stennis Space Center Roy S. Estess [For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14, Part 1201] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Aero-Space Technology The Office of Aero-Space Technology provides leadership and direction for programs that pioneer the identification, development, verification, and transfer of high-payoff aeronautics and space transportation technologies, and for facilitating the application and commercilization of these technologies. In addition, the Office is responsible for managing the Ames, Dryden Flight, Langley, and Glenn 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. Earth Science Enterprise The Office of Earth Science (OES) manages NASA's Earth Science Enterprise. The goal of the Earth Science Enterprise is to understand the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment. The unique vantage point of space provides information about Earth's land, [[Page 586]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] T185193.049 [[Page 587]] atmosphere, ice, oceans, and life that could not be gathered in any other way. Data returned by satellites, expanded by data from aircraft, balloons, and ground-based platforms, give public and private resource managers the scientific understanding they need to craft sound environmental policies and make informed economic decisions for the future. 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 202-358-2165. 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, and spectrum management, 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; develops and implements necessary policy with other government and commercial users of the space shuttle; and coordinates all associated research. 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 Brazil, Canada, Italy, Japan, Russia, and 10 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 two assembly flights were sucessfully launched from facilities in Russia and the United States respectively. A new star is now on the horizon and construction will be completed in the next 4 to 5 years. 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, researches, develops, and transfers leading-edge aeronautical technologies through the unique utilization of computations, simulations, ground and flight experimentation, and information sciences. It provides answers to fundamental questions concerning the evolution of astronomical and planetary environments and of life, the adaptation of living systems to space, and the health of our planet. It designs, develops, and delivers integrated information systems technologies and applications, enabling revolutionary advances in aeronautics [[Page 588]] and space applications and processes, and it develops thermal protection systems for space flight. Dryden Flight Research Center The Center, located at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, conducts aerospace flight research and aircraft operations in support of agency and national needs, assures preeminent flight research and atmospheric flight operations for science platform aircraft capability through effective management and maintenance of unique national expertise and facilities, and provides operational landing support for the space shuttle. Glenn Research Center The John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, located in Cleveland, OH, provides leadership in aeropropulsion technology and is the center of excellence for turbomachinery. The Center also develops and transfers critical technologies, addressing national priorities through research, technology development, and systems development in aeronautics and space applications. Center specialities include commercial communications and enabling technologies. It also maintains a science research and technology development role in space power and onboard propulsion and microgravity fluid physics and combustion. Goddard Space Flight Center The Center, which is located in Greenbelt, MD, conducts Earth science and applications programs and 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; life science programs; information systems technology; sounding rockets and sounding rocket payloads; launch vehicles; balloons and balloon experiments; planetary science experiments; sensors for environmental monitoring and ocean dynamics; and manages the development of operational weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Johnson Space Center The Lyndon B. Johnson 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, astromaterials sciences, biomedical research, advanced human support technology, and space medicine. Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Center, which is located in Florida, is the NASA center of excellence for launch and payload processing operations. The Center is home to the space shuttle fleet, which transports astronaut crews, space station elements, 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, is the NASA center of excellence for structures and materials. In cooperation with industry, other agencies, and academia, it develops airframe and synergistic spaceframe systems technologies to assure preeminence of the U.S. civil and military aeronautics and space industries. In conjunction with the Earth science community, the Center pioneers the scientific understanding of the Earth's atmospheric chemistry and radiation to preserve the environment. Marshall Space Flight Center The George C. Marshall 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 [[Page 589]] 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 integrated payload utilization across all science disciplines. Stennis Space Center The John C. Stennis 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, 202-358-1543. 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, 202-358-0000. For further information, contact the Headquarters Information Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546. Phone, 202-358-0000.