Newsgroups: sci.space.news From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee) Subject: Media Guide 4/93 (Forwarded) Message-ID: <1993May1.173049.18835@news.arc.nasa.gov> Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 17:30:49 GMT Lines: 2986 The following is the ASCII-converted Media Guide. All tabs have been removed and replaced with 5 spaces (with perhaps 6 exceptions where the line length was too long). A global search and replace of "5 spaces" with a "tab" should allow for a reconstruction of the document. All other formatting including boldface, italics, different type sizes and forced pages have been removed. There are no graphics in this version. Full text follows: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA MEDIA GUIDE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACTS APRIL 1993 FOREWORD To members of the news media: I am pleased to provide you with the 1993 edition of our Media Guide and Public Affairs Contacts. The NASA Public Affairs team listed in this directory is committed to providing you with timely and accurate information about the agency's many programs. I invite you to visit the NASA facilities around the United States. An overview of the various facilities, their major responsibilities and the public affairs contacts are provided in this directory. We look forward to working with you. Geoffrey H. Vincent Acting Associate Administrator for Public Affairs TABLE OF CONTENTS Headquarters (HQ) 1 Ames Research Center (ARC) 12 Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Facility (DFRF) 15 Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) 18 Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) 22 Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) 26 John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) 30 Langley Research Center (LARC) 34 Lewis Research Center (LERC) 38 George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) 42 Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) 47 John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC) 48 Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) 50 Public Affairs FAX Phone Listing 52 Information Sources 54 NASA Internal News Publications 56 Alphabetical listing of Public Affairs Contacts 58 NASA HEADQUARTERS 300 E Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20546 Headquarters has more than 2,000 employees and administers the total NASA budget, which for FY 1993 is $14.3 billion. Daniel S. Goldin is the NASA Administrator. NASA Headquarters exercises management over the space flight centers, research centers and other installations that constitute the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Responsibilities of Headquarters cover the determination of programs and projects; establishment of management policies, procedures and performance criteria; evaluation of progress and the review and analysis of all phases of the aerospace program. Planning, direction and management of NASA's research and development programs are the responsibility of program offices which report to and receive overall guidance and direction from an associate administrator. The Office of Aeronautics directs the agency's aeronautics research and development programs, including the High-Speed Research Program which is creating and refining the technology and addressing the environmental challenges supporting the development of a future U.S. high-speed civil transport aircraft. The office also researches advanced technology for subsonic aircraft, manages NASA's weather-related flight safety research, works to improve inspection methods for aging aircraft, propulsion research and development of advanced piloting and air traffic control aids. In addition, it directs numerous flight research programs using high-performance aircraft such as the SR-71, F/A-18 and F-16XL. It also manages fundamental aeronautics research in aerodynamics, fluid dynamics, structural mechanics and human factors issues such as the interaction of pilots with highly-automated cockpits. The aeronautics office also manages NASA's portion of the multi- agency High Performance Computing and Commu-nications program, and NASA's part of the National Aero-Space Plane (NASP) program. NASP is a national endeavor to develop and demonstrate technology for advanced vehicles that would take off horizontally, fly into orbit, then return for a runway landing. The Office of Aeronautics has institutional management responsibility for Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.; Ames- Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, Calif.; Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.; and Lewis Research Center, Cleveland. Dr. Wesley L. Harris is Associate Administrator. The Office of Space Science is responsible for the NASA space research and flight programs directed toward scientific investigations of the solar system and astronomical objects using ground-based, airborne and space technologies including sounding rockets and deep space satellites. This office works closely with the scientific community through the Space Studies board of the National Academy of Sciences and other advisory groups. The Office of Space Science has institutional management responsibility for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Dr. Wesley T. Huntress, Jr., is the Associate Administrator. The Office of Mission to Planet Earth is responsible for NASA's Earth science and environmental research. Mission To Planet Earth is a comprehensive, coordinated research program that studies the Earth as a global environmental system. Comprising ground-based, airborne and space-based programs, this office includes participation from other federal agencies as part of the U.S. Global Change Research Program and the international science community. The office has institutional management for the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Dr. Shelby G. Tilford is Acting Associate Administrator. The Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications is responsible for assuring the health and safety of humans in space and to understand the biological effects of space flight on organisms. It also uses the unique attributes of the space environment to conduct research and gain new knowledge in fluid behavior, combustion science, material science and biotechnology. Dr. Harry Holloway is the Associate Administrator. The Office of Space Flight operates the Space Shuttle and develops both manned and unmanned platforms which enable scientific research and advanced technology development. The Space Shuttle is NASA's primary space transportation system and the only space vehicle capable of carrying people and large payloads into Earth orbit and returning them. OSF is responsible for scheduling Space Shuttle flights, developing financial plans and pricing structures and providing services to users. As part of its duties, the Office of Space Flight conducts operations and utilization of Spacelab, a laboratory dedicated to research in space that flies in the Shuttle's cargo bay. The office is working with the Russian Space Agency to plan and execute a series of joint missions that will involve flying a cosmonaut aboard the Shuttle and an astronaut aboard the Mir space station, leading up to a mission with a Shuttle docking to the Russian space station. The office also is conducting early planning activities for the operation of the U.S. space station. The Office of Space Flight also is responsible for institutional management of the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.; Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; Johnson Space Center, Houston; and the Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. Jeremiah W. Pearson III is Associate Administrator. The Office of Space Systems Development is responsible for defining and developing potential future space systems and capabilities, as well as demonstrating enhancements to improve existing systems capabilities. The office has responsibility for space station development and operations; large propulsion systems development including a new space transportation main engine and the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor and advanced transportation systems program planning. A permanently manned space station is essential for advancing human exploration of space. 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, and will provide the opportunity to learn to build, operate and maintain systems in space. The station will be launched in segments aboard the Space Shuttle and assembled in orbit, with first flight set for 1996. NASA centers responsible for developing major elements of the space station are the Marshall Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Center and Lewis Research Center. The advanced solid rocket motor is being developed to replace the redesigned solid rocket motor. The ASRM will improve the safety, reliability and the performance of the Space Shuttle system. Arnold D. Aldrich is Associate Administrator. The Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology has a mission to pioneer innovative, customer-focused concepts and technologies, leveraged through industrial, academic and government alliances, to ensure U.S. commercial competitiveness and preeminence in space. The office's four primary functions are to maintain a highly professional systems engineering team capable of detailed feasibility and cost analysis of advanced concepts, to be NASA's front door to businesses which want the agency's help and expertise in developing new ideas and technologies, to be the agency's lead in the transfer of technology into the commercial sector and to further the commercialization of space. The office also manages the agency's Small Business Innovative Research, technology transfer, Defense Conversion Act and other innovative technology development programs including a new experiment in incubating technology start-up companies. Gregory M. Reck is Associate Administrator. The Office of Space Communications is responsible for planning, development and operation of worldwide communications, command, navigation and control, data acquisition, telemetry and data processing essential to the success of NASA programs and activities. Communications systems requirements for Space Shuttle flights; Earth orbital, planetary and interplanetary space probes; expendable launch vehicles; research aircraft; sounding rockets; balloons and administrative support are provided by this office. The office consists of five divisions. Charles T. Force is Associate Administrator. The Office of Safety And Mission Quality plans, develops and evaluates safety, quality and risk management policies and activities in support of NASA programs. Responsibilities include providing leadership in quality management for science and engineering programs and working closely with NASA flight, ground operations and research programs to develop safety, reliability, maintainability and quality assurance policies and requirements. The office consists of seven divisions and three safety panels. Frederick D. Gregory is Associate Administrator. Headquarters Public Affairs Contacts NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) & TITLE OFFICE PHONE HOME PHONE Jeff Vincent (GVINCENT) 202/358-1898 703/836-0015 Acting Associate Administrator Diane Mangel (DMANGEL) 202/358-1898 301/884-5789 Secretary vacant 202/358-1400 Deputy Associate Administrator Linda A. Lynch (LLYNCH) 202/358-1754 301/384-2213 Secretary FAX: 202/358-4345 Internal Communications - P-2 Elizabeth V. Schmid (ESCHMID) 202/358-1760 703/548-8320 Acting Head/Editor, NASA Magazine Sonja Maclin 202/358-1768 FAX: 202/358-4360 Program Management Division - PS Jeff Vincent (GVINCENT) 202/358-1747 703/836-0015 Director Diane M. Cheatham (DCHEATHAM) 202/358-1748 301/599-9340 Administrative Officer Robin Timms (RTIMMS) 202/358-1749 301/884-0666 Budget Analyst Theresa D. Houser (THOUSER) 202/358-1765 301/868-9069 ADP Coordinator Patricia M. Riep (PN) (PRIEP) 202/358-1764 301/262-4260 Freedom of Information Act Officer Jo Ann Schneider 202/358-1764 301/725-0025 FOIA Assistant Thelma Johnson 202/358-1752 Correspondence Processing Analyst Public Affairs Officers Sarah Keegan (SKEEGAN) 202/358-1902 703/237-7513 Public Affairs Officer FAX: 202/358-4336 Office of Aeronautics Drucella Andersen (DAANDERSEN) 202/358-4733 703/893-3844 Public Affairs Officer (R) Barbara Selby (BSELBY) 202/358-1983 301/552-1917 Public Affairs Officer (R) Les Dorr, Jr. (LDORR) 202/488-4615 Writer/Editor FAX: 202/358-4060 Office of Space Communications Office of Safety and Mission Quality Dwayne C. Brown (DBROWN) 202/358-0547 301/459-4822 Public Affairs Officer (O) (Q) FAX: 202/358-2779 Office of Space Flight Office of Space Systems Development Mark Hess (MHESS) 202/358-1776 703/548-2994 Public Affairs Officer (M-9) Jim Cast (JCAST) 202/358-1779 301/248-3734 Public Affairs Officer (M-9) Edward S. Campion (ECAMPION) 202/358-1780 703/998-6342 Public Affairs Officer (M-9) Carolyn W. Townsend 202/358-1781 410/263-8259 Public Affairs Specialist (M-9) FAX: 202/358-2887 Office of Space Science Paula Cleggett-Haleim (PCLEGGETT) 202/358-0883 301/203-9323 Senior Public Affairs Officer (S) Grace Reardon 202/358-1547 Secretary FAX: 202/358-3093 Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Michael Braukus (MBRAUKUS) 202/358-0872 410/740-7126 Public Affairs Officer (U) FAX: 202/358-3093 Office of Mission to Planet Earth Brian Dunbar (BDUNBAR) 202/358-0873 703/841-9110 Public Information Officer (Y) FAX: 202/358-3093 International Affairs Division Debra Rahn (DRAHN) 202/358-1639 703/273-7053 Public Affairs Officer (IR) Jennifer McCarter 202/358-1639 Public Information Assistant FAX: 202/358-3030 202/358-3031 Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology Charles Redmond (CREDMOND) 202/358-1757 202/363-3184 Public Affairs Officer (C) FAX: 202/358-3084 Office of Human Resources and Education Terri Sindelar (TSINDELAR) 202/358-1977 301/670-9247 Public Affairs Officer (FE) FAX: 202/358-4210 Media Services Division - PM James W. McCulla (JMCCULLA) 202/358-0002 703/821-2236 Director Beverly C. Randolph 202/358-1724 Secretary News and Information Branch - PM (HQNEWSROOM) Newsroom Phone 202/358-1600 David W. Garrett (DGARRETT) 202/358-1725 703/998-6910 Chief Kenneth C. Atchison (KATCHISON) 202/358-1726 301/937-2198 Assistant News Chief Donald L. Savage (DSAVAGE) 202/358-1727 703/644-9749 Public Affairs Officer Budget And Congressional Affairs Dave Steitz (DSTEITZ) 202/358-1730 202/483-6072 Public Affairs Specialist Patrice Williams (PCWILLIAMS) 202/358-1729 Secretary FAX: 202/358-4210 202/358-4335 Broadcast and Imaging Branch - PMD Branch phone 202/358-1900 Joseph Headlee (JHEADLEE) 202/358-1734 703/451-3023 Chief Deanna Corridon 202/358-1733 Secretary H. Thomas Jaqua (HTJAQUA) 202/358-1737 410/586-3254 Photo and Motion Pictures Bill Ingalls 202/358-1742 703/243-9243 Still Photographer Althea Washington 202/358-1738 202/291-3113 Visual Information Specialist Constance Moore 202/358-1740 301/899-3163 Audio Visual Coordinator Tony L. Ellington 202/358-0020 703/670-0487 Audio Visual Production Specialist Deborah Rivera 202/358-1743 703/750-0654 Radio and Television Programs Christopher C. Allingham 202/484-0067 202/396-5069 Television Producer John F. Walsh III (JWALSH) 202/358-0066 703/719-6882 Television Producer FAX: 202/358-4333 Public Services Division - PO James M. Funkhouser (JFUNKHOUSER) 202/358-1750 703/323-5404 Director Joycelyn R. Harley 202/358-1750 Secretary FAX: 202/358-4331 Special Events Branch - POE Branch Phone: 202/358-2379 Eugene A. Marianetti (EMARIANETTI) 202/358-1721 703/998-0989 Chief Joanna Adamus 202/358-1716 703/960-2729 Secretary Mary Weatherspoon 202/358-1720 301/856-3556 Protocol Officer Evelyn Thames 202/358-1719 301/843-3529 Astronaut Appearances Geneva B. Barnes 202/358-1639 301/622-2082 International Astronaut Appearances (I) Tawana M. Clary 202/358-1718 202/832-0291 Astronaut Appearances Assistant Dorothy C. Davis (GUEST) 202/358-1717 410/798-5811 Program Support Assistant FAX: 202/358-4332 Special Services Branch - POS Robert Schulman 202/358-2381 410/757-8095 Chief Mary F. Reeves 202/358-1708 301/505-4285 Secretary Jack Schmid 202/358-2381 703/548-8320 NASA Exhibits Manager Sharon R. Lord (SRLORD) 202/358-1711 301/855-8492 Exhibits Coordinator Bertram R. Ulrich (BULRICH) 202/358-1713 202/986-0609 Fine Arts/Graphics Coordinator Renee N. Juhans (RJUHANS) 202/358-2381 Public Inquiries Coordinator Delores Dale 202/358-1714 Secretary FAX: 202/358-4331 Television Development Division - PT Robert J. Shafer (RSHAFER) 202/358-1767 703/569-6714 Director Thomas J. Bentsen (TBENTSEN) 202/358-1704 410/740-0519 Mgr., Advanced Video Systems Development Walter A. Maull (WMAULL) 202/358-1703 703/278-8324 Mgr., Planning & Implementation Patricia A. Respess 202/358-1701 703/352-8220 Program Support Assistant FAX: 202/358-4334 AMES RESEARCH CENTER Mountain View, Calif. 94035 Ames Research Center was founded in 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and named for Dr. Joseph S. Ames, Chairman of NACA from 1927 to 1939. In 1958, Ames became part of NASA, along with other NACA installations and certain Department of Defense facilities. In 1981, NASA merged Ames with the Dryden Flight Research Center and the two installations are now referred to as Ames-Moffett and Ames-Dryden (see separate section on Ames-Dryden). Ames-Moffett is located in Mountain View, Calif., in the heart of "Silicon Valley" at the southern end of San Francisco Bay on about 430 acres of land adjacent to the U.S. Naval Air Station, Moffett Field. Ames specializes in scientific research, exploration and applications aimed toward creating new technology for the nation. The center's major program responsibilities are concentrated in computer science and applications, computational and experimental aerodynamics, flight simulation, flight research, hypersonic aircraft, rotorcraft and powered-lift technology, aeronautical and space human factors, life sciences, space sciences, solar system exploration, airborne science and applications, and infrared astronomy. The center also supports military programs, the Space Shuttle and various civil aviation projects. These projects and responsibilities will continue to evolve as NASA's needs change and Ames' capabilities develop. About 2,200 civil service employees and some 2,100 contractor employees are employed at Ames' two locations. In addition, approximately 400 graduate students, cooperative education students, post-doctoral fellows and university faculty members work at the center. The Ames staff uses advanced equipment in their search for new technology. This equipment includes aircraft and spacecraft, wind tunnels, large computer facilities, flight simulators and entry heating simulators. The center's laboratories are equipped to study solar and geophysical phenomena, life evolution and life environmental factors and to detect life on other planets. Capital investment at the two locations is more than $996 million, and today's estimated replacement value is more than $2.9 billion. Dr. Dale L. Compton is Center Director. Ames Public Affairs Contacts NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) & TITLE OFFICE PHONE HOME PHONE External Affairs Office Michael Marlaire 415/604-4191 408/253-2456 Acting Chief Vacant Deputy Chief Astrid Terlip 415/604-3347 Secretary David Morse Staff Asistant 415/604-9000 Media Services Office (AMES.PIO) Wendell (Del) Harding 415/604-9000 408/244-2680 Chief Janet Smith 415/604-9000 Clerk Noemi Gardner 415/604-9000 Clerk Michael Mewhinney 415/604-3937 415/386-2059 Public Affairs Specialist Jane Hutchison 415/604-4968 Public Affairs Specialist Donald G. James 415/604-3935 510/462-8778 Public Affairs Specialist Diane Farrar 415/604-3934 Public Affairs Specialist Peter W. Waller 415/604-3938 415/493-9406 Public Affairs Specialist Elinor Brody 415/604-5090 Astrogram Editor FAX: 415/604-3953 Educational Programs Office Garth A. Hull (GAHULL) 415/604-5543 415/941-3250 Chief Thomas B. Clausen (TCLAUSEN) 415/604-5544 408/996-3726 Educational Programs Specialist Laura A. Shawnee (LASHAWNEE) 415/604-3936 415/493-6968 Educational Programs Specialist Mary Valleau 415/604-3939 415/734-9155 Secretary Ginny Zeitman 415/604-3574 408/296-0200 Teacher Resource Ctr. Coordinator Commercial and Community Relations Office Donald James 415/604-4044 Acting Chief Danielle Goldwater 415/604-5554 Commercial Programs Manager Geoffrey Lee 415/604-6406 Technology Utilization Officer Anita Sarlin 415/604-4044 Secretary C. J. Fenrick 415/604-1227 Freedom of Information Ames Research Center was founded in 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and named for Dr. Joseph S. Ames, Chairman of NACA from 1927 to 1939. In 1958, Ames became part of NASA, along with other NACA installations and certain Department of Defense facilities. In 1981, NASA merged Ames with the Dryden Flight Research Center and the two installations are now referred to as Ames-Moffett and Ames-Dryden (see separate section on Ames-Dryden). Ames-Moffett is located in Mountain View, Calif., in the heart of "Silicon Valley" at the southern end of San Francisco Bay on about 430 acres of land adjacent to the U.S. Naval Air Station, Moffett Field. Ames specializes in scientific research, exploration and applications aimed toward creating new technology for the nation. The center's major program responsibilities are concentrated in computer science and applications, computational and experimental aerodynamics, flight simulation, flight research, hypersonic aircraft, rotorcraft and powered-lift technology, aeronautical and space human factors, life sciences, space sciences, solar system exploration, airborne science and applications, and infrared astronomy. The center also supports military programs, the Space Shuttle and various civil aviation projects. These projects and responsibilities will continue to evolve as NASA's needs change and Ames' capabilities develop. About 2,200 civil service employees and some 2,100 contractor employees are employed at Ames' two locations. In addition, approximately 400 graduate students, cooperative education students, post-doctoral fellows and university faculty members work at the center. The Ames staff uses advanced equipment in their search for new technology. This equipment includes aircraft and spacecraft, wind tunnels, large computer facilities, flight simulators and entry heating simulators. The center's laboratories are equipped to study solar and geophysical phenomena, life evolution and life environmental factors and to detect life on other planets. Capital investment at the two locations is more than $996 million, and today's estimated replacement value is more than $2.9 billion. Dr. Dale L. Compton is Center Director. Ames Public Affairs Contacts NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) & TITLE OFFICE PHONE HOME PHONE External Affairs Office Michael Marlaire 415/604-4191 408/253-2456 Acting Chief Vacant Deputy Chief Astrid Terlip 415/604-3347 Secretary David Morse Staff Asistant 415/604-9000 Media Services Office (AMES.PIO) Wendell (Del) Harding 415/604-9000 408/244-2680 Chief Janet Smith 415/604-9000 Clerk Noemi Gardner 415/604-9000 Clerk Michael Mewhinney 415/604-3937 415/386-2059 Public Affairs Specialist Jane Hutchison 415/604-4968 Public Affairs Specialist Donald G. James 415/604-3935 510/462-8778 Public Affairs Specialist Diane Farrar 415/604-3934 Public Affairs Specialist Peter W. Waller 415/604-3938 415/493-9406 Public Affairs Specialist Elinor Brody 415/604-5090 Astrogram Editor FAX: 415/604-3953 Educational Programs Office Garth A. Hull (GAHULL) 415/604-5543 415/941-3250 Chief Thomas B. Clausen (TCLAUSEN) 415/604-5544 408/996-3726 Educational Programs Specialist Laura A. Shawnee (LASHAWNEE) 415/604-3936 415/493-6968 Educational Programs Specialist Mary Valleau 415/604-3939 415/734-9155 Secretary Ginny Zeitman 415/604-3574 408/296-0200 Teacher Resource Ctr. Coordinator Commercial and Community Relations Office Donald James 415/604-4044 Acting Chief Danielle Goldwater 415/604-5554 Commercial Programs Manager Geoffrey Lee 415/604-6406 Technology Utilization Officer Anita Sarlin 415/604-4044 Secretary C. J. Fenrick 415/604-1227 Freedom of Information Ames Research Center HUGH L. DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH FACILITY Post Office Box 273 Edwards, Calif. 93523 The Dryden Flight Research Facility is located at Edwards, Calif., in the Mojave Desert, approximately 80 miles north of Los Angeles. The facility enjoys almost ideal weather for flight testing and is located at the southern end of a 500-mile, high-speed flight corridor. Situated adjacent to Rogers Dry Lake, a 44-square- mile natural surface for landing, the facility is in an isolated area free from problems of population disturbance or hazard. About 450 civil service and 510 contractor employees are employed at Dryden. Capital investment at the facility totals about $135 million and replacement value is $371 million. The facility's primary research tools are research aircraft. Ground-based facilities include a high temperature loads calibration laboratory that allows testing of complete aircraft and structural components under the combined effects of loads and heat; a highly developed aircraft flight instrumentation capability; a flight systems laboratory with a diversified capability for avionics system fabrication, development and operations; a flow visualization facility that allows basic flow mechanics to be seen on models or small components; a data analysis facility for processing of flight research data; a remotely piloted research vehicles facility and a test range communications and data transmission capability that links NASA's Western Aeronautical Test Range facilities at Ames-Moffett, Crows Landing and Dryden. Since 1946, Dryden has developed a unique and highly specialized capability for conducting flight research programs. Its test organization, consisting of pilots, engineers, technicians and mechanics, is unmatched anywhere in the world. This versatile organization has demonstrated its capability, not only with high- speed research aircraft, but also with such unusual flight vehicles as the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle and wingless lifting bodies. The facility participated in the Approach and Landing Tests of the Space Shuttle orbiter Enterprise and continues to support Shuttle orbiter landings from space as well as processing them for ferry flights back to the launch site. Dryden is flying a specially instrumented F/A-18 to investigate high angle of attack, or high alpha, flight. Today's high performance jet aircraft can fly in the high alpha flight regime, but not necessarily efficiently. The facility's research will create a data base for aircraft designers to accurately predict high alpha airflow. High alpha technology may result in airplanes capable of "supermaneuvers" and will help eliminate operational limitations imposed on aircraft designed without this techno-logy. Another high alpha program currently in progress at Dryden features the X-31. An international test organization managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is conducting flight tests to obtain data for next-generation high performance aircraft. In addition to NASA and DARPA, program participants include the U.S. Navy and Air Force, Rockwell International, the Federal Republic of Germany and Deutsche Aerospace. The facility's B-52 currently is serving as the carrier aircraft for Pegasus, a winged, three-stage space launch booster. Pegasus will be used to deliver small payloads into orbit. The B-52 has been used previously to carry aloft and air-launch such vehicles as the famed rocket-powered X-15 and the lifting bodies, forerunners of the Space Shuttle. Dryden's F-15 is continuing flight research on Performance Seeking Control (PSC). Using digital flight control, inlet control and engine control systems together, PSC demonstrates improvements in peak engine performance and maneuvering capabilities. The F-15 also is equipped with a new computer-aided control system that will allow a pilot to maintain control of a crippled aircraft using engine propulsion to maneuver. The ultimate goal of the program is to land the aircraft with only engine power. Extensive tests of Space Shuttle landing gear assemblies, from normal conditions up to and including failure modes, will be conducted using a CV-990 transport aircraft. Information from the tests will help in developing crew procedures for various landing conditions and situations. Facility researchers are making preparations for the flight test program of an experimental vehicle of the National Aero-Space Plane Program (NASP). One of three SR-71 aircraft based at Dryden currently is flying in preparation for possible experiments for the NASP. Kenneth J. Szalai is Director. Ames-Dryden Public Affairs Contacts NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) & TITLE OFFICE PHONE HOME PHONE Nancy Lovato (NDLOVATO) 805/258-3448 805/948-2957 Public Affairs Officer Donald E. Haley (DEHALEY) 805/258-3456 805/943-5817 Public Affairs Specialist Donald A. Nolan (DANOLAN) 805/258-3447 805/942-9804 Public Affairs Specialist Michelle Berman (DRYDEN.NEWS) 805/258-3449 Secretary Teacher Resource Center 805/258-3456 Tour Office 805/258-3460 Linda Faulhaber 805/258-3459 The X-Press Editor FAX: 805/258-3566 GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Greenbelt, Md. 20771 This NASA field center, 10 miles northeast of Washington, D.C., has one of the world's leading groups of scientists, engineers and administrative managers. It has the largest scientific staff of all the NASA centers. With its approximately 13,000 civil service and contract employees, including its facility at Wallops Island, Va., the center is involved in, among other things, research in the Earth and space sciences and the design, fabrication and testing of scientific satellites that survey the Earth and the universe as well as tracking satellites and suborbital space vehicles. Because of its versatility, Goddard scientists can develop and support a mission, and Goddard engineers and technicians can design, build and integrate the spacecraft. Goddard also is involved in implementing suborbital programs using small and medium expendable launch vehicles, aircraft, balloons and sounding rockets. Controllers in the Payload Operations Control Centers maintain a 24-hour vigil every day of the year for more than 20 orbiting spacecraft. Spacecraft being watched include Tracking and Data Relay Satellites which serve as vital communications links between orbiting spacecraft and Earth through a Goddard-managed ground terminal in White Sands, N.M. Two major telescopes, the International Ultraviolet Explorer, launched in 1978 and the widely-recognized Hubble Space Telescope (HST) launched in April 1990, also are under the watchful eyes of Goddard controllers. So is the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), launched in November 1989. COBE has provided scientists a whole new view of the cosmos. The spacecraft was designed to study the origin and dynamics of the universe, including the theoretical cataclysmic explosion known as the "Big Bang." From the Space Telescope Operations Control Center at Goddard, managers and engineers control the orbiting HST observatory and maintain an around-the-clock vigil from an array of consoles. HST has accomplished a number of scientific achievements and, in spite of a spherical aberration in its primary mirror, has provided scientists with images of celestial objects in detail never seen before. One of the highlights of 1993 will be the first HST servicing mission. The solar arrays will be replaced and several instruments and gyros will be changed out. The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO), launched in April 1991, also is managed by Goddard. Compton's mission is to study gamma ray emitting objects in the Milky Way galaxy and beyond. Within its first 3 months of operation, the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope, one of four instruments aboard Compton, detected one of the most luminous gamma-ray sources ever seen. The source of this radiation was identified with the variable Quasar 3C279 located in the constellation Virgo, approximately 7 billion light years from Earth. In spite of their size, Goddard's Small Explorer (SMEX) missions will investigate some of the most important questions raised in astrophysics and space physics. The program will conduct focused investigations which probe conditions in unique parts of space, complement major missions, prove new scientific concepts or make significant contributions to space science in other ways. The first SMEX mission, the Solar Anomalous Magnetospheric Particle Explorer was launched in July 1992. Goddard also has developed an Explorer Project which provides moderate-sized missions in quick response to new scientific opportunities. The Explorer Project includes the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer, launched in 1992 to study a newly opened window of the electromagnetic spectrum called the extreme ultraviolet. The Goddard-managed Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), designed to collect, for the first time, data sets of the chemistry, dynamics and radiative inputs of the upper atmosphere, was launched on Discovery in September 1991. UARS is the first spacecraft to be launched as part of the Mission to Planet Earth Q the NASA element of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Future Mission to Planet Earth projects include Earth probes, such as the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and the most ambitious science mission ever undertaken, the Earth Observing System (EOS). The EOS mission, for which GSFC has the lead role in NASA, addresses pressing global issues, such as the depletion of atmospheric ozone and long-term global warming. Acting as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s agent, Goddard procures the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite and TIROS series spacecraft and instruments required to meet NOAA's objectives. Goddard also provides for their launch. Goddard manages the U.S. portion of many international projects including two x-ray observatories: the German Roentgen Satellite launched in June 1990 and the Japanese Astro-D launched in January 1993. Geotail, developed for Japan in support of Goddard's International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Project, was launched in 1992 to better understand the interaction of the sun, the Earth's magnetic field and the Van Allen radiation belts. Much of the center's theoretical research is conducted at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City. Operated in close association with area universities, the institute provides support research in geophysics, astrophysics, astronomy and meteorology. The scientific data from these and other space flight experiments are catalogued and archived at the National Space Science Data Center at Goddard in the form of magnetic tapes, microfilm and photographic prints to satisfy the thousands of requests each year from the scientific community. Dr. John M. Klineberg is Center Director. Goddard Public Affairs Contacts NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) & TITLE PHONE HOME PHONE Janet Ruff (JRUFF) 301/286-6255 703/521-2445 Chief, Public Affairs Patricia Ratkewicz 301/286-8102 410/544-1432 Secretary Elaine Pearl 301/286-8957 301/627-6308 Admin. Assistant James Elliott 301/286-6256 703/385-1463 Special Assistant/Chief Editor Randee Exler (PUBINFO) 301/286-0697 301/552-3247 Chief, Public Information/News Chief Tammy Jones 301/286-5566 301/292-4860 Public Information Publications Allen Kenitzer 301/286-2806 410/987-8456 Public Information Earth Science Mike Finneran 301/286-5565 301/262-9645 Public Information Fred Brown 301/286-7504 Public Information Editor, Goddard News Still Photos Michelle Mangum 301/286-8956 301/794-4184 Public Information Assistant Dateline Goddard Still Photos Carl Poleskey 301/286-8982 202/547-9064 Chief, Public Services Tony May 301/286-8955 301/322-9160 Public Services Secretary Nina Desmond 301/286-8141 301/474-7128 Public Services Community Relations Darlene Ahalt 301/286-8101 301/552-2674 Public Services Protocol/Speakers Bureau Donna Drelick 301/286-7995 301/890-5392 Public Services Legislative Affairs Elva Bailey 301/286-7207 301/464-0599 Chief, Educational Programs Richard Crone 301/286-7206 301/465-9031 Educational Programs Rebecca Allen 301/286-7205 301/535-2061 Educational Programs Secretary FAX: Newsroom 301/286-8142 FAX: Mission News Center 301/286-2184 JET PROPULSION LABORATORY 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, Calif. 91109-8099 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, Calif., approximately 20 miles northeast of Los Angeles. JPL, occupying 177 acres of land, is a government-owned facility employing about 6,000 people. JPL is operated by the California Institute of Technology under a NASA contract administered by the NASA Pasadena office. The laboratory is engaged in exploring the Earth and the solar system with automated spacecraft. In addition to the Pasadena site, JPL manages the Deep Space Communications Complex, a station of the worldwide Deep Space Network (DSN) located at Goldstone, Calif., on 40,000 acres of land occupied under permit from the U.S. Army. The DSN allows for spacecraft communications, data acquisition and mission control, and for the study of space with radio science; and in performing basic and applied scientific and engineering research in support of the nation's interests JPL was formed in 1944. In 1958, it built and operated the first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1. Its robotic spacecraft have explored all planets in the solar system except Pluto. Current NASA flight projects under JPL management include Voyager, Galileo, Magellan, Mars Observer, Ulysses and Topex/Poseidon. Major space science instruments include the new wide field/planetary camera for Hubble Space Telescope, the NASA scatterometer and the Shuttle imaging radar. The laboratory designs and tests flight systems, including complete spacecraft, and provides technical direction to contractor organizations. In addition to the NASA contract, JPL also performs work for the Departments of Defense and Energy, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Edward C. Stone, Jr., is Director of JPL. JPL Public Affairs Contacts NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) & TITLE OFFICE PHONE HOME PHONE Public Affairs Office - MS 180-201 George F. Alexander (GALEXANDER) 818/354-7006 818/708-9963 Manager Philipp D. Neuhauser 818/354-6278 818/353-2976 Staff Specialist Yvonne M. 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Bridges (SLBRIDGES) 818/354-6170 818/793-4688 Manager Gregory A. Hanchett 818/354-6170 818/798-1607 Group Leader Cory S. Borst 818/354-6170 818/249-6629 Audiovisual Technician Sheri L. Rowe-Lopez 818/354-6170 818/307-9846 Secretary Lisa M. Rovarino 818/354-6170 818/447-4433 Secretary FAX: 818/393-6441 Public Education Office - CS-530 Richard F. Alvidrez 818/354-8592 213/221-8620 Manager Michael A. Garcia 818/354-8593 213/258-1582 Educational Services Specialist David M. Seidel 818/354-9313 213/653-3144 Educational Services Representative Peter J. McCloskey 818/354-6916 818/364-0955 Teacher Resource Center Coordinator Philip J. Schmidt 818/354-6916 818/793-5076 Secretary FAX: 818/354-8080 Public Services Office - 180-205 Kimberly L . Lievense 818/354-0112 818/249-8186 Acting Manager Kimberly C. Johansen 818/354-2413 818/790-6468 Public Services Representative Sharon L. Miller 818/354-9318 818/352-4968 Secretary James P. Nations 818/354-9314 818/303-1007 Public Services Representative Kay F. Van Lepp 818/354-9312 818/398-8167 Public Services Representative FAX : 818/393-4641 LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER Houston, Texas 77058 Johnson Space Center is located on NASA Road 1, adjacent to Clear Lake, and about 20 miles southeast of downtown Houston via Interstate 45. Additional facilities are located at nearby Ellington Field, approximately 7 miles north of the center. Johnson Space Center was established in September 1961 as NASA's primary center for design, development and testing of spacecraft and associated systems for manned flight; selection and training of astronauts; planning and conducting manned missions; and extensive participation in the medical, engineering and scientific experiments carried aboard space flights. Johnson has program management responsibility for the Space Shuttle program, the nation's current manned space flight program. Johnson also has a major responsibility for the development of the space station, a permanently manned, Earth-orbiting facility to be constructed in space and operable within the decade. The center will be responsible for the interfaces between the space station and the Space Shuttle and flight operations of both. Johnson also is responsible for direction of operations at the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF), located on the western edge of the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range at Las Cruces, N.M. WSTF supports the Space Shuttle propulsion system, power system and materials testing. Most of the 100 buildings situated on the 1,620 acre Johnson site are office space and laboratories, with some dedicated to astronaut training and mission operations. Among the specialized training facilities are the Shuttle simulators (bldg. 5); Space Shuttle Orbiter Trainer, the Manipulator Development Facility, Precision Air Bearing Facility and Space Station mockups (Bldg. 9 North); and the Weightless Environment Training Facility (Bldg. 29). The Mission Control Center (Bldg. 30), where all human space flights are monitored, is located at the center of the complex. The Space Station Control Center was completed in November 1991 and will be ready to support integrated training in mid-1995. Life sciences, planetary and Earth sciences, robotics, artificial intelligence and lunar samples are a few of the research areas in the 16 facilities dedicated to space and life sciences. Engineering facilities include vacuum chambers, an anechoic chamber, antenna range, avionics testing and various structural and environmental test areas housed in 22 buildings. Aaron Cohen is Center Director. Johnson Public Affairs Contacts NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) & TITLE OFFICE PHONE HOME PHONE Office Of Director, Public Affairs - AP Harold S. Stall (HSTALL) 713/483-3671 713/333-2260 Director Douglas K. Ward (DKWARD) 713/483-3671 713/326-1808 Deputy Director (vacant) 713/483-0229 Secretary Mara R. Pena 713/483-0228 713/488-1380 Secretary Iris L. Gardner 713/483-7009 713/876-4194 Administrative Assistant Elena L. Salsitz 713/483-5599 713/666-4022 Chief of Protocol FAX: 713/483-3379 Media Services Branch - AP3 (PAOJSC) Jeffrey E. Carr 713/483-5111 713/474-3166 Chief Pat Malpass 713/483-8658 713/488-4576 Public Affairs Assistant Mengo Carr 713/483-5111 713/333-9163 Secretary Kari L. Fluegel 713/483-8649 713/332-8694 Public Affairs Specialist Kyle J. Herring 713/483-8653 713/474-3366 Public Affairs Specialist Billie A. Deason 713/483-8646 713/326-4387 Public Affairs Specialist Brian D. Welch 713/483-8650 713/480-5194 Public Affairs Specialist Barbara L. Schwartz 713/483-8647 713/474-4769 Public Affairs Specialist James A. Hartsfield 713/483-4934 713/724-4138 Public Affairs Specialist Rob Navias 713/483-8651 Public Affairs Specialist Kelly O. Humphries 713/244-5050 713/996-8410 Space News Roundup Editor William W. Robbins (BILLROBBINS) 713/483-8638 713/474-3423 Audio Visual Manager Andrew R. Patnesky 713/483-8636 713/251-7314 Photo Documentation Specialist FAX: 713/483-2000 Public Services Branch - AP4 Stephen A. Nesbitt (SNESBITT) 713/483-4241 713/286-5971 Chief, Public Services Louis A. Parker (LAPARKER) 713/483-8622 713/481-4372 Deputy Chief, Public Services Branch Exhibits Manager Libby Salas 713/483-8608 713/481-5237 Secretary Jeannie Carlin 713/483-8621 713/694-5769 Secretary Linda M. Copley 713/483-8609 713/334-1728 Public Affairs Specialist Community Affairs Boyd E. Mounce 713/483-8623 713/334-7734 Public Affairs Specialist Lunar Samples/Exhibits James D. Poindexter 713/483-8624 713/475-9671 Educational Specialist Juanie J. 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