[United States Government Manual]
[June 01, 2002]
[Pages 443-450]
[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                                     Sean O'Keefe
Deputy Administrator                              Gen. Charles F. 
                                                          Bolden, USMC
Associate Deputy Administrator                    Daniel R. Mulville
Chief of Staff/White House Liaison                Courtney A. Stadd
Chief Engineer                                    W. Brian Keegan
Chief Health and Medical Officer                  Richard S. Williams
Chief Information Officer                         Lee B. Holcomb
Chief Financial Officer                           (vacancy)

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    Deputy Chief Financial Officer                Stephen J. Varholy
    Comptroller                                   Steve Isokowitz
Chief Scientist                                   Shannon Lucid
Senior Historian                                  Roger Launius
General Counsel                                   Paul G. Pastorek
    Deputy General Counsel                        Robert M. Stephens
Staff Director, NASA Advisory Council             David Lengyl
Associate Administrator for Aerospace Technology  Samuel L. Venneri
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Gregory M. Reck
    Deputy Associate Administrator                John R. Rogacki
            (Space Transportation)
Associate Administrator for Earth Science         Ghassem R. Asrar
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Michael L. Luther
            (Programs)
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Mary L. Cleave
            (Advanced Planning)
Assistant Administrator for Equal Opportunity     George E. Reese
        Programs
    Deputy Assistant Administrator                Oceola S. Hall
Assistant Administrator for External Relations    John D. Schumacher
    Deputy Assistant Administrator                Lynn F.H. Cline
    Deputy Assistant Administrator                Michael F. O'Brien
            (Space Flight)
Director for Headquarters Operations              Timothy M. Sullivan, 
                                                          Acting
Assistant Administrator for Human Resources and   Vicki A. Novak
        Education
Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs   Jeff Bingham
    Deputy Assistant Administrator                Mary D. Kerwin
            (Programs)
    Deputy Assistant Administrator                Charles T. Horner III
            (Resources)
Associate Administrator for Biological and        Mary Kicza
        Physical Research
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Kristen J. Erickson, 
            (Management)                                  Acting
    Deputy Associate Administrator                (vacancy)
            (Technical)
Assistant Administrator for Management Systems    Jeffrey E. Sutton
Assistant Administrator for Procurement           Thomas S. Luedtke
Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs        Glenn Mahone
    Deputy Assistant Administrator                Paula M. Cleggett
Assistant Administrator for Small and             Ralph C. Thomas III
        Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Associate Administrator for Space Flight          Frederick D. Gregory
    Deputy Associate Administrator                William F. Readdy
    Deputy Associate Administrator for            Albert DiMarcantonio
            Interagency Enterprise
    Deputy Associate Administrator for            Jeffrey Davis
            Crew Health and Safety
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Robert E. Spearing
            (Space Communications)
    Deputy Associate Administrator                W. Michael Hawes
            (International Space 
            Station)
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Michael J. Reilly
            (Business Management)
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Parker V. Counts, 
            (Space Shuttle)                               Acting

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    Deputy Associate Administrtor (Space          Karen Poniatowski
            Access)
Associate Administrator for Space Science         Edward J. Weiler
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Christopher J. Scolese
Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission    Michael A. Greenfield, 
        Assurance                                         Acting
    Deputy Associate Administrator                Scott J. Horowitz, 
                                                          Acting
Inspector General                                 Robert W. Cobb
    Assistant Inspector General for               Allan J. Lamoreaux
            Audits
    Assistant Inspector General for               Samuel A. Maxey
            Investigations
    Assistant Inspector General for               David M. Cushing
            Inspections and Assessments
    Counsel to the Inspector General              Francis P. LaRocca
    Director, Operations, Computer and            Stephen J. Nesbitt
            Technology Crimes Office
    Director, Technical Services,                 Charles E. Coe, Jr.
            Network, and Advanced 
            Technologies Protection 
            Office
Assistant Administrator, Security Management and  David A. Saleeba
        Safeguards
Director, Security Management Division            John Piasecky

NASA Centers                                        

Director, Ames Research Center                    Henry McDonald
Director, Dryden Flight Research Center           Kevin L. Petersen
Director, John H. Glenn Research Center           Donald J. Campbell
Director, Goddard Space Flight Center             Alphonso V. Diaz
Director, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center          Roy S. Estess, Acting
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            Mark K. Craig, Acting
Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory               Charles Elachi

[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

Aerospace Technology  The Office of Aerospace 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

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managing the Ames, Dryden Flight, Langley, and Glenn Research Centers.

For further information, call 202-358-2693.

Biological and Physical Research  The Office of Biological and Physical 
Research conducts programs concerned with biological sciences, physical 
sciences and applications, aerospace medicine, 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, 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  The Office of Earth Science manages NASA's Earth science 
enterprise. The mission of enterprise is to develop a scientific 
understanding of the Earth system and its response to natural and human-
induced changes, in order to improve prediction of climate, weather, and 
natural hazards.

For further information, call 202-358-2165.

Space Flight  The Office of Space Flight is responsible for NASA's human 
space flight programs, including the space shuttle, international space 
station, payload carrier, and future human exploration and development 
of space projects. The Office is also responsible for managing the 
expendable launch vehicles and space communications for both human and 
robotic missions, as well as other related space flight activities. 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.
    NASA is leading an international effort to construct and deploy a 
permanently inhabited space station in Earth orbit. Elements of the 
space station are 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 are launched aboard 
the space shuttle and assembled in orbit. The first eight assembly 
flights were successfully launched from facilities in Russia and the 
United States respectively, and a crew of three have been living aboard 
the outpost since November 2000. A new star is now on the horizon, and 
construction will be completed in the next few years.

For further information, call 202-358-2015.

Space Science  The Office of Space Science conducts flight 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 aerospace operations 
automation technologies through the unique utilization of modeling, 
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

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delivers integrated information systems technologies and applications, 
enabling revolutionary advances in aeronautics and space applications 
and processes, and it develops advanced 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, based in Greenbelt, MD, is 
NASA's center of excellence for scientific research. The Center conducts 
research to advance the knowledge of Earth and its environment, the 
solar system, and the universe through observations from space. It 
provides scientific leadership in Earth science, physics and astronomy, 
program and project management, systems and discipline engineering, 
spacecraft and instrument development, as well as other administrative 
functions necessary to place scientific instruments in space, retrieve 
and distribute data and share the information that results from the 
missions. It develops and operates sounding rockets, balloons, and 
payloads, and manages the rocket range, aircraft flight platforms, and 
research airports located at the Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops 
Island, VA. The Center also manages the NASA independent verification 
and validation facility in Fairmont, WV, which is responsible for 
independent evaluations of mission-critical software development 
processes and products for NASA projects.

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 undertakes innovative, high-
payoff aerospace activities beyond the risk limit or capability of 
commercial enterprises.

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It conducts research to develop vehicle systems technologies and 
capabilities for the next generation of aerospace vehicles and to 
develop capabilities for planetary atmospheric entry and flight. 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. The Center also provides 
independent evaluation, assessment, and cost estimation of agency 
programs.

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 and leads the U.S. space launch initiative, 
which brings together government, industry, and academia to develop 
advanced technologies leading to a new generation of safer, more 
reliable, and lower cost reusable launch vehicles. 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 Chandra X-
Ray Observatory Program; 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 Web site (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.

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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 
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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