[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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