[United States Government Manual]
[June 01, 2000]
[Pages 450-457]
[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. Internet, www.nasa.gov.
Administrator                                     Daniel S. Goldin
Deputy Administrator                              (vacancy)
Associate Deputy Administrator                    Daniel R. Mulville

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Chief Engineer                                    W. Brian Keegan
Chief Historian                                   Roger Launius
Chief Information Officer                         Lee B. Holcomb
Chief Financial Officer                           Arnold G. Holz
    Deputy Chief Financial Officer                Kenneth J. Winter
    Comptroller                                   Malcolm L. Peterson
Chief Scientist                                   Kathie L. Olsen
General Counsel                                   Edward A. Frankle
    Deputy General Counsel                        Robert M. Stephens
Staff Director, NASA Advisory Council             G. Michael Green
    Director for Special Studies                  Sylvia K. Kraemer
Associate Administrator for Aero-Space            Samuel R. Venneri
        Technology
    Deputy Associate Administrator                (vacancy)
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Gary E. Payton
            (Space Transportation 
            Technology)
Associate Administrator for Earth Science         Ghassem R. Asrar
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Michael L. Luther
Associate Administrator for Equal Opportunity     George E. Reese
        Programs
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Oceola S. Hall
Associate Administrator for External Relations    John D. Shumacher
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Lynn F.H. Cline
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Michael F. O'Brien
            (Space Flight)
Associate Administrator for Headquarters          Michael D. Christensen
        Operations
Associate Administrator for Human Resources and   Vicki A. Novak
        Education
Associate Administrator for Legislative Affairs   Edward Heffernan
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Mary D. Kerwin
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Phyllis A. Love
            (Policy)
Associate Administrator for Life and              Arnauld E. Nicogossian
        Microgravity Sciences and Applications
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Beth M. McCormick
Associate Administrator for Management Systems    Jeffrey E. Sutton
    Deputy Associate Administrator                (vacancy)
Associate Administrator for Policy and Plans      Lori B. Garver
Associate Administrator for Procurement           Thomas S. Luedtke
Associate Administrator for Public Affairs        Peggy C. Wilhide
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Paula M. Cleggett
Associate Administrator for Small and             Ralph C. Thomas III
        Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Associate Administrator for Space Flight          Joseph H. Rothenberg
    Deputy Associate Administrator                William F. Readdy
    Deputy Administrator for Interagency          Albert DiMarcantonio
            Enterprise
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Michael J. Reilly
            (Business Management)
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Darrell R. Branscome
            (Enterprise Development)
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Robert E. Spearing
          (Space Communications)

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    Deputy Associate Administrator                W. Michael Hawes
            (Space Development)
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Norman B. Starkey
            (Space Operations)
Associate Administrator for Space Science         Edward J. Weiler
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Earle K. Huckins
Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission    Frederick D. Gregory
        Assurance
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Michael A. Greenfield
Inspector General                                 Roberta L. Gross
    Assistant Inspector General for               Russell A. Rau
            Audits
    Assistant Inspector General for               Samuel A. Maxey
            Investigations
    Assistant Inspector General for               David M. Cushing
            Inspections, Administrative 
            Investigations, and 
            Assessments

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
Director, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center  Arthur G. Stephenson
Director, John C. Stennis Space Center            Roy S. Estess
Manager, NASA Management Office, Jet Propulsion   Robert A. Parker
        Laboratory

[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.).

Activities

Aero-Space Technology  The Office of Aero-Space Technology provides 
technology 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 commercialization 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.

Earth Science  The Office of Earth Science 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 
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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.

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.

Space Flight  The Office of Space Flight is responsible for NASA's human 
space flight program, including space shuttle, international space 
station, payload carrier, and future human exploration and development 
of space projects. The Office is responsible for managing the expendable 
launch vehicles and space communications for both manned and robotic 
missions, as well as other related space flight activities. It is also 
responsible for institutional management of the Kennedy Space Center, 
Marshall Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Flight Center, and the 
Stennis Space Center.
    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 successfully 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. This includes the development of new 
technologies to continually improve scientific capabilities and to 
transfer science and technology advances to the public and private 
sector to ensure U.S. scientific and technical leadership. 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

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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 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 researchand 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, manages space launches including the launching of astronaut 
crews, space station elements, and a wide variety of payloads. The 
Center is responsible for launch and payload processing systems and is 
home to the space shuttle fleetand the expendable launch vehicle 
program. It leads in the payload carriers and payload processing and 
support programs and supports the international space station program.
Langley Research Center  TheCenter, 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

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scientific understanding of the Earth's atmospheric chemistry and 
radiation to preserve the environment.
Marshall Space Flight Center  The George C. Marshall Center, located in 
Huntsville, AL, is responsible for transportation systems development, 
microgravity research, and optics manufacturing technology. It is the 
lead space propulsion center. The Center develops, integrates, and 
operates microgravity payloads, experiments, and research. In addition, 
it supports the Johnson Space Center in developing the international 
space station facilities. Other programs include microgravity research; 
space product development; the development of the X-33 reusable launch 
vehicle; the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Program; the Future-X 
(Pathfinders) Program, which provides demonstrations of experimental 
advanced flight technology; and the design, development, and integration 
of space transportation and propulsion systems including space shuttle 
propulsion improvements, reusable and expendable launch vehicles, and 
vehicles for orbital transfer and deep space missions.
Stennis Space Center  The John C. Stennis Center, located near Bay St. 
Louis, MS, conducts rocket propulsion testing. The Center has a lead 
role in commercial remote sensing applications development; studies and 
researches Earth system sciences; and provides for technology transfers.

Government-Owned/Contractor-Operated Facility

Jet PropulsionLaboratory  The Laboratory, which is operated under 
contract by the California Institute of Technologyin 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.
OIG Hotline  An individual may report crimes, fraud, waste, and abuse in 
NASA programs and operations by calling the OIG Hotline (phone, 800-424-
9183); by writing to the NASA Inspector General, P.O. Box 23089, 
L'Enfant Plaza Station, Washington, DC 20026; or by sending an 
electronic message from the OIG's website (Internet, www.hq.nasa.gov/
office/org/hq/hotline.html).
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.
Reading Room  NASA Headquarters Information Center, Room 1H23, 300 E

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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. Internet, www.nasa.gov.

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