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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. Samuel 818/354-0349 818/790-0088
Administrative Assistant
Gweneth Jackson 818/354-7006 818/398-1701
Secretary
FAX: 818/393-0034
Public Information Office - MS 180-200
(JPLPIO/JPL)
Robert J. MacMillin (RMACMILLIN) 818/354-5011 818/247-9345
Manager
Franklin O'Donnell 818/354-5011 213/255-7868
Deputy Manager
Alan S. Wood 818/354-5011 818/355-1814
Public Information Specialist
James J. Doyle 818/354-5011 818/246-6024
Public Information Specialist
Jurrie J. van der Woude 818/354-5011 818/963-5025
Public Information Specialist
James H. Wilson 818/354-5011 818/797-9874
Public Information Specialist
Mary Hardin 818/354-5011 213/827-5990
Public Information Specialist
Diane Ainsworth 818/354-5011 213/398-7672
Public Information Specialist
Edward D. McNevin III 818/364-5011 818/398-7460
Public Information Specialist
Mark Whalen 818/354-5011 213/666-2115
Editor, Universe
Alison Galien 818/354-5011 818/793-0556
Secretary
FAX: 818/354-4537
Audiovisual Services Office - 186-AUD
Stephen L. 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. Campbell 713/483-8613 713/488-8421
Public Affairs Specialist
Speakers Bureau
Florestela Luna 713/483-8612 713/485-3533
Public Affairs Specialist
Freedom of Information Act
Tommie L. Walton 713/483-8610 713/524-7659
Public Affairs Specialist
Education
Bunda Dean (BDEAN) 713/483-8625 713/482-4879
Public Affairs Specialist
Norma Rhoads 713/483-0235 713/538-2011
Public Affairs Specialist
Education
Robert Fitzmaurice, Ed.D 713/483-1257 713/334-2424
Center Education Programs Officer
FAX: 713/483-4876
JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 32899
Located on Florida's central Atlantic coast, the Kennedy Space
Center (KSC) is NASA's principal launch base. It occupies 140,000
(56,568 hectares) acres of land and water on Merritt Island, the
adjacent coastal strand, and the Indian and Banana Rivers and
Mosquito Lagoon by which the center is surrounded. The NASA holdings
include 84,031 acres (34,007 hectares), the remainder is owned by the
State of Florida but controlled by NASA under deeds of dedication.
Robert L. Crippen is Director.
KSC's eastern boundary fronts on the Atlantic Ocean and the
center's large area (about one-fifth the size of Rhode Island) is
surrounded by water, providing ample safety to the surrounding
communities during launches, landings and other hazardous operations.
Only a small portion of KSC is used for space operations; the
balance is managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a
wildlife refuge and national seashore.
The center was established in the early 1960s as the launch site
for the Apollo lunar landing missions. KSC pioneered the mobile
launch technique in which space vehicles are built up inside
protective structures and moved to their launch pads a short time
before launch, reducing their exposure to the corrosive sea shore
environment to the minimum.
After the Apollo program was concluded in 1972, KSC's Complex 39
was used for the launch of four Skylab missions and for the Apollo
spacecraft for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
The center's facilities were modified for the Space Shuttle
program in the mid to late 1970s. The Shuttle era began with the
launch of the STS-1 mission on April 12, 1981. As of the beginning
of 1993, more than 50 Shuttle missions had been launched and the
current forecast calls for the launch of approximately eight missions
per year from KSC's twin pads.
KSC is NASA's prime center for the test, checkout and launch of
payloads and space vehicles. This includes launch of manned vehicles
at KSC and oversight of NASA missions launched on unmanned vehicles
from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., and Vandenberg Air Force
Base (VAFB) in California.
The center is responsible for the assembly, checkout and launch
of Space Shuttle vehicles and their payloads, landing operations and
turn-around of Shuttle orbiters between missions, as well as
preparation and launch of unmanned Scout vehicles from VAFB. KSC
also is responsible for the operation of the KSC Vandenberg Launch
Site Resident Office located at VAFB.
Kennedy Public Affairs Contacts
Hugh W. Harris (HHARRIS) 407/867-2201 407/783-4421
Director, Public Affairs Office
Lisa A. Fowler 407/867-2201 407/636-2396
Secretary
FAX: 407/867-8007
David S. Dickinson 407/867-7484 407/452-0743
Deputy Director, Public Affairs
Mary Jo Shallcross 407/867-2622 407/383-4612
FOIA, Speakers Bureau
Darleen Hunt 407/867-2622 407/452-9383
Protcol Officer
Jill Rock 407/867-2622 407/459-1149
Public Relations Specialist
Carol Cavanaugh 407/867-2622 407/459-1826
Public Relations Specialist
Maret Tennison 407/867-2622 407/636-6155
Secretary
FAX 407/867-3395
PUBLIC INFORMATION BRANCH - PA-PIB
(PAO.KSC)
Dick Young 407/867-2468 904/423-1800
Chief
Leslie Williams 407/867-2468
Secretary/Accreditation
Christina Ross 407/867-2468
Secretary
Lisa Malone 407/867-2468 407/868-0252
News Chief
Diana Boles 407/867-2468 407/453-5925
Public Information/Logistics
Bruce Buckingham 407/867-2468 407/728-7545
Public Information
George H. Diller 407/867-2468 407/269-4040
Public Information
William Johnson 407/867-7819 407/631-0084
Public Information/Television
Tina Pechon 407/867-7819
Public Affairs Assistant
Garry (Mitch) Varnes 407/867-2468 407/773-9165
Public Information
Manny Virata 407/867-7819 407/452-7952
Public Information
Ken Thornsley 407/867-7819 407/269-1585
Public Information/Photography
FAX: 407/867-2692
EDUCATION AND AWARENESS BRANCH - PA-EAB
(PA.EAB)
Steve Dutczak 407/867-4444 407/453-0612
Chief
Tracy Young 407/867-4444 407/868-0909
Secretary
Patti Phelps 407/867-4444 407/383-3396
Public Affairs Specialist
Manned Flight Awareness
June Buchanan 407/867-4444 407/254-7239
Student Educational Program Coordinator
Joseph Green 407/867-4444 407/452-8067
Writer/Editor
Jane Hodges, Ph.D. 407/867-4444 407/264-9316
Educational Program Coordinator
FAX: 407/867-7242
VISITOR CENTER OFFICE - PA-VCO
Edward K. Harrison 407/867-2363 407/453-5168
Chief
Jean Rhodes 407/867-2363 407/269-3585
Secretary
Larry Mauk 407/867-2363 407/636-5209
Visual Information Specialist
James E. Ball 407/867-2363 407/264-1514
Public Affairs Specialist
Jan Foster 407/867-2363 407/783-8643
Program Management Specialist
FAX: 407/867-2097
LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
Hampton, Va. 23681-0001
Langley Research Center occupies 787 acres of government-owned
land and shares aircraft runways, utilities and some facilities with
Langley Air Force Base. An additional 3,200-acre marshland is under
permit to NASA and is used as a drop zone for model aircraft tests.
Langley's primary mission is basic research in aeronautics and
space technology. Major research fields include aerodynamics,
materials, structures, flight controls, information systems,
acoustics, aeroelasticity, atmospheric sciences and nondestructive
evaluation.
Approximately 60 percent of Langley's work is in aeronautics,
working to improve today's aircraft and to develop concepts and
technology for future aircraft. Over 40 wind tunnels, other unique
research facilities and testing techniques as well as computer
modeling capabilities aid in the investigation of the full flight
range Q from general aviation and transport aircraft through
hypersonic vehicles.
Langley's goal is to develop technologies to enable aircraft to
fly faster, farther, safer and to be more maneuverable, quieter, less
expensive to manufacture and more energy efficient.
Researchers are studying improved flight control systems to aid
aircraft in
operating more efficiently in all kinds of weather and in crowded
terminal airways. In cooperation with the FAA, Langley is examining
wind shear, the cause of nearly 40 percent of U.S. airline fatalities
in a recent several-year period.
The National Aero-Space Plane is challenging Langley researchers
to expand the limits in hypersonic (Mach 5-25) engines, heat-
resistant materials and supercomputers for engine and airframe
design. Improvements in supersonic (Mach 1-5) engine performance,
fabrication of composite materials and laminar flow airfoil
technology are spawning a new era in long-distance air travel.
Passengers in the next century will
benefit from current research programs at Langley.
The additional 40 percent of Langley's work supports the national
space programs. Researchers study atmospheric and Earth sciences,
develop technology for advanced space transportation systems, conduct
research in laser energy conversion techniques for space applications
and provide the focal point for design studies for large space
systems technology and space station activities.
Langley researchers performed extensive work on the structure,
aerodynamics and thermal protection system for the Space Shuttle.
Langley also manages an extensive program in atmospheric sciences,
seeking a more detailed understanding of the origins, chemistry and
transport mech-anisms that govern the Earth's atmospheric data using
aircraft, balloon and land- and space-based remote sensing
instruments designed, developed and fabricated at Langley.
The center is contributing to the conceptual design phase of the
Earth Observing System, the first stage of the international Mission
To Planet Earth. The system envisions a network of up to five
equatorial and four polar orbiting research satellites.
Langley has been named lead center for management of the
agency's technology development program for the future High Speed
Civil transport program. Langley will manage high-speed technology
in areas of aerodynamic performance, airframe materials and
structures, the flight deck and airframe systems integration.
The Langley Research Center, established in 1917 as the first
national civil aeronautical laboratory, has been instrumental in
shaping aerospace history for over 7 decades. Paul F. Holloway is
Center Director.
Langley Public Affairs Contacts
NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) & TITLE OFFICE PHONE HOME PHONE
A. Gary Price (AGPRICE) 804/864-6124 804/898-4198
Head, Office of External Affairs MS-115
Dr. Karen R. Credeur (KRCREDEUR) 804/864-3307 804/868-7347
Deputy Head, Office Of External Affairs
Janice Johnson 804/864-6123 804/898-1879
Secretary
Margaret W. Hunt (MWHUNT) 804/864-6125 804/877-5271
Information Specialist MS-115
FAX: 804/864-6333
Office of Public Affairs - MS 115
J. Campbell Martin (JCMARTIN) 804/864-6121 804/868-6818
Head, Office of Public Affairs
Catharine G. Schauer 804/864-6122 804/898-8463
Public Affairs Specialist
H. Keith Henry (KHENRY) 804/864-6120 804/826-8916
Public Affairs Specialist
vacant (Bionetics Corp.) 804/864-6126
Editor, Researcher News
Carol Petrachenko (Bionetics Corp.) 804/864-6528 804/481-4993
Photojournalist MS-146
Summer Intern 804/864-6529
Office of Public Services - MS 154
Dr. Karen R. Credeur (KRCREDEUR) 804/864-3307 804/868-7347
Head, Office of Public Services
Alice E. Eley (AEELEY) 804/864-3308 804/245-2134
Secretary
Jean Drummond Clough (JDCLOUGH) 804/864-6828 804/898-5113
Public Affairs Specialist
Ann H. Suit (ASUIT) 804/864-3305 804/229-9338
Public Affairs Specialist
Pamela J. Verniel 804/864-6362 804/898-4683
Activities Coordinator MS-496
Roger A. Hathaway 804/864-3312 804/826-8388
Education & Information Specialist MS-154
Marchelle D. Canright 804/864-3313 804/595-3751
Education & Information Specialist MS-154
Marny Skora (MSKORA) 804/864-3315 804/868-6245
Public Affairs Specialist MS-154
Craig E. Murden (Bionetics Corp.) 804/864-3296 804/898-4766
Information Specialist MS-146
Susan Smigielski (Bionetics Corp.) 804/864-3293 804/591-2447
Public Mail MS-146
Audrey S. Coppedge (Bionetics Corp.) 804/864-3297 804/380-8154
Teacher Resource Center MS-146
Peter D. Thomas 804/864-3117 804/671-1772
Education - IPA
LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER
21000 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44135
NASA's Lewis Research Center occupies 350 acres of land adjacent
to the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, some 20 miles
southwest of Cleveland, Ohio.
More than 140 buildings comprise the center which is staffed by
about 2,800 government employees and some 2,200 on-site contractors.
Additional facilities are located at Plum Brook Station, about 3
miles south of Sandusky, Ohio.
The center was established in 1941 by the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Named for George W. Lewis, NACA's
Director of Research from 1924 to 1947, the center developed an
international reputation for its research on jet propulsion systems.
Lewis is NASA's lead center for research, technology, and
development in aircraft propulsion, space propulsion, space power,
and satellite communications.
The center has been advancing propulsion technology to enable
aircraft to fly faster, farther and higher, and also focused its
research on fuel economy, noise abatement, reliability and reduced
pollution.
The center pioneered efforts in the use of high energy fuels for
both air breathing and space propulsion. Projects demonstrated the
practicality of liquid hydrogen as a fuel leading to its use in the
Apollo and the Space Shuttle programs as prime examples.
Lewis has responsibility for developing the power system to
provide the electrical power necessary to accommodate the life
support systems and research experiments to be conducted aboard the
space station. In addition, the center is supporting the station in
other major areas such as auxiliary propulsion systems and
communications.
Lewis is the home of the Microgravity Materials Science
Laboratory, a unique facility to qualify potential space experiments.
Other facilities include a Space Experiments Lab, Zero-Gravity Drop
Tower, Powered Lift Facility, Icing Research Tunnel, wind tunnels,
space tanks, chemical rocket thrust stands, and chambers for testing
jet engine efficiency and noise.
A major computer complex supports both the center's scientific and
administrative activities. Individual computer work stations are
dispersed throughout the center with network connections between
them. Lawrence J. Ross is Center Director.
Lewis Public Affairs Contacts
NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) & TITLE PHONE HOME PHONE
External Programs Directorte - MS 3-16
John M. Hairston, Jr. (JHAIRSTON) 216/433-8686 216/681-0325
Director of External Programs
Nancy A. Horansky 216/433-2943 216/333-0716
Secretary
Ronald C. Alexander 216/433-2942
Technical Assistant to the
Director of External Programs
Syreeta J. Stewart 216/433-2889
Secretary
FAX: 216/433-5266
Office of Community and Media Relations - MS 3-13
Linda Dukes-Campbell (LDUKES) 216/433-8920 216/591-1196
Chief, Community and Media Relations
Cynthia M. Watson 216/433-6776 216/661-0078
Secretary
FAX: 216/433-2888
Media Relations Office - MS 3-11
Marilyn S. Edwards (MSEDWARDS) 216/433-2899 216/356-0851
Chief, Media Relations Office
Linda S. Ellis 216/433-2900 216/779-1266
Public Affairs Specialist
Aeronautics, Aerospace Technology,
Office of Interagency & Industry Programs
Mary Ann Peto (MAPETO) 216/433-2902 216/722-5447
Public Affairs Specialist
Space Flight Systems, Space Station
Engineering, Educational Programs
Lori Rachul 216/433-8806 216/356-2843
Public Affairs Specialist
Administration & Computer Services,
Technical Services, Community Relations,
Equal Opportunity, University Programs,
Mission Safety & Assurance, Health
Services, Comptroller
Doreen B. Zudell 216/433-2888
Lewis News Editor
Sherrie L. Campbell 216/433-2901
Secretary
FAX: 216/433-2888
Community Relations Office - MS 3-13
Thomas A. Cozzens 216/433-2513 216/851-8425
Manager, Community Relations
David M. DeFelice 216/433-6186
Special Programs
Eleanore M. Boughton 216/433-6631
Secretary
FAX: 216/433-2888
Visitor Center - MS 8-1
Gail T. Smith 216/433-6689
Manager, Visitor Center
Visitor Center Information 216/433-2001
Monica Boyd 216/433-2016
Administrative Assistant
Kimberly Dove 216/433-2003
Speakers Bureau Coordinator
Diane L. Borys 216/433-3156
Tour Coordinator
Marian J. Mroz 216/433-5573
Public Inquiries/Publications
Office of University Programs - MS 3-7
Francis J. Montegani 216/433-2956
Chief, Office of University Programs
Office of Educational Programs - MS 7-4
R. Lynn Bondurant (LBONDURANT) 216/433-5583 216/933-4529
Chief, Office of Educational Programs
JoAnn Charleston 216/433-2957
Deputy Chief, Office of Educational Programs
Office of Interagency and Industry Programs - MS 3-7
Harvey J. Schwartz 216/433-2921
Chief, Office of Interagency and
Industry Programs
Anthony F. Ratajczak 216/433-2225
Chief, Technology Utilization Office
GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
Huntsville, Ala. 35812
The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is located on
1,800 acres inside the U. S. Army's Redstone Arsenal at Huntsville,
Ala. The center has about 3,650 civil service employees. Of this
number, more than 65 percent are scientists and engineers and more
than 15 percent are business professionals. The remainder consists
of technicians and administrative and clerical support personnel.
Marshall was officially dedicated by President Dwight D.
Eisenhower on July 1, 1960, by the transfer to NASA of part of the
Army Ballistic Missile Agency. The center is named for former
Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense and Army World War II Chief
of Staff, General of the Army George C. Marshall. The center's first
director was Dr. Wernher von Braun, the noted German rocket
scientist.
Marshall manages three government-owned, contractor-operated
facilities for NASA: the Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans
where the Space Shuttle external tanks are made; the Slidell Computer
Complex in Slidell, La., which provides computer services support to
Michoud; and the new Advanced Solid Rocket Motor development and
assembly facility at Yellow Creek, near Iuka, Miss.
In the past, Marshall has been identified primarily as NASA's
launch vehicle development center. Today, this describes but one
facet of the center's multi-faceted operation. Marshall is a multi-
project management, scientific and engineering research and
development establishment, with emphasis on projects involving
investigation and application of space technologies to the solution
of problems on Earth as well as in space. Marshall also plays a key
role in many NASA mission operations.
Marshall had a significant role in the development of the Space
Shuttle and continues to manage the Space Shuttle main engines, the
external tanks that carry liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen for those
engines, and the solid rocket boosters that, together with the
engines, lift the Shuttle into orbit.
Additionally, Marshall is managing development of the Advanced
Solid Rocket Motor, planned to replace the current Shuttle Redesigned
Solid Rocket Motors in the late-1990s.
The center has a key role in the development of scientific
payloads and experiments to be flown aboard the Shuttle. Many of
these multidisciplinary payloads are flown on Spacelab, a reusable,
modular research facility carried in the Shuttle's cargo bay.
The center operates NASA's Spacelab Mission Operations Control
Center, a new, state-of-the-art facility from which all NASA-managed
Spacelab missions are controlled.
To prepare crew members for Marshall-managed Spacelab missions,
the center also operates a Payload Crew Training Complex. Here,
science crews train in Shuttle and Spacelab simulators to conduct the
research they will perform in space.
The center managed the development and initial orbital checkout of
the Hubble Space Telescope, now orbiting above the Earth and relaying
a wealth of new knowledge about the universe from distant galaxies to
neighboring planets. Marshall also is managing the Advanced X-ray
Astrophysics Facility, a project with two observatories that will
provide detailed, long-term study of x-ray emissions from the
universe and the phenomena that produce them. These include some of
the most violent processes in nature Q the birth and death of stars
and galaxies, spinning neutron stars, quasars and black holes.
Marshall manages two space transfer vehicle systems, the Inertial
Upper Stage (IUS) and the Transfer Orbit Stage (TOS). The IUS, a
two-stage rocket, places spacecraft in high-Earth orbits or on escape
trajectories for planetary missions. The single-stage TOS is
intended to boost satellites such as the Advanced Communications
Technology Satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit and in 1992,
was used in launching the Mars Observer spacecraft into an
interplanetary trajectory.
The Marshall center manages one of the three work packages for the
space station, including developing and producing the U.S. laboratory
and habitation modules and the environmental control and life support
systems.
The Marshall center is strongly committed to investigating the
processing of materials in space and working in a microgravity
environment. These endeavors promise to increase the understanding
of materials and improve Earth-based processes. Center Director is
Thomas J. "Jack" Lee.
Marshall Public Affairs Contacts
NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) & TITLE OFFICE PHONE HOME PHONE
John B. Taylor (JBTAYLOR) 205/544-0031 205/881-7843
Director
Robert K. Ruhl 205/544-0031 205/650-0798
Deputy Director
Judi A. Hollingsworth 205/544-1837 205/830-9728
Secretary
Media Services Office - CA10
(PUBINFO.MSFC)
Dom Amatore (DAMATORE) 205/544-0034 205/461-7833
Director
Vacant 205/544-0034
Secretary
David Crim 205/544-3655 205/539-5696
Student Aide
FAX: 205/544-5852
Mission Operations Team
David B. Drachlis (DDRACHLIS) 205/544-6538 205/881-9302
Manager
Spacelab
Jerry Berg 205/544-6540 205/534-4968
Upper Stages, AXAF, SEDS
Jim Sahli 205/544-6528 205/922-9495
Science and Engineering Labs
Flight Experiments
Vacant 205/544-0034
Audio/Visual Services
Project Support
Mike Simmons 205/544-6537 205/822-1882
Manager
Space Station, Education
June Malone 205/544-7061 205/881-3527
Space Shuttle, ASRM
Vacant 205/544-0034
Speeches, HLLV
Ernest Shannon 205/544-0030 205/882-3231
Editor (MARSHALL.STAR)
Public Services and Education Branch - CA20
(PUBSERVICE.MSFC)
Edward D. Medal (EMEDAL) 205/544-0038 205/883-2394
Director
Sandra H. Turner 205/544-8704 205/233-0607
Protocol Officer
Jean Palmer 205/544-6518 205/773-5051
Secretary
Cherise Thornton 205/544-6530 205/650-5034
Student Aide
Education Branch - CA 21
William Anderson (BILLANDERSON) 205/544-7391 205/723-2898
Chief
Jeff Ehmen (JEHMEN) 205/544-6531 205/828-0880
Education
Martha Howard 205/544-2716 205/971-5337
Education Programs
Ransom Ritter 205/544-9275 205/852-4448
Education Programs
Pat Armstrong 205/544-1726 205/539-3975
Project LASER Discovery Lab
Virginia Witherspoon 205/544-1798 205/536-6719
Project LASER Discovery Lab
Public Services Branch - CA 22
Edward D. Medal (EMEDAL) 205/544-0038 205/883-2394
Chief (Acting)
John Dumoulin 205/544-6541 205/895-9348
Exhibit Programs
Linda Howard 205/544-4577 205/383-6904
Exhibit Programs
Nancy Robinson 205/544-6524 615/433-6705
Protocol Assistant
Steven Roy 205/544-6535 205/883-5886
Public Visitor Programs
Al Jordan (ALJORDAN) 205/544-6532 205/351-2900
Publications, Inquiries, Speakers
MICHOUD ASSEMBLY FACILITY
P.O. Box 29300
New Orleans, La. 70189
The Michoud Assembly Facility is located in Orleans Parish, La.,
about 15 miles east of downtown New Orleans. The site is on the Gulf
Intra-Coastal Waterway and has deep water access via the Mississippi
Gulf outlet.
The facility occupies approximately 833 acres of land. There are
33 buildings with an area of about 3.5-million square feet. The
largest building within the complex is the main manufacturing
building, originally built in 1942.
The primary mission of Michoud is the systems engineering,
engineering design, manufacture, fabrication, assembly and related
work for the Space Shuttle external tank.
Marshall Space Flight Center exercises overall management control
of the facility. A prime contractor, Martin Marietta, provides Space
Shuttle production capability.
NOTE: No NASA Public Affairs Office exists at Michoud Assembly
Facility. Public Affairs functions for Michoud are handled by the
Director of Public Affairs at Marshall Space Flight Center. Liaison
between Michoud and MSFC in public affairs matters is handled by:
NAME & TITLE OFFICE PHONE HOME PHONE
John Demarest 504/257-2601 504/887-4580
Manager
FAX: 504/255-2152
JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER
Stennis Space Center, Miss. 39529
NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC), located in Hancock
County near Bay St. Louis, Miss., has grown over the past 30 years
into NASA's premier center for testing large rocket propulsion
systems for the Space Shuttle and future generations of launch
vehicles. Additionally, the center has developed into a scientific
community actively engaged in research and development programs
involving space, oceans and Earth.
Approximately 14,000 acres make up the operations complex, which
includes an industrial laboratory and specialized engineering
facilities to support engine testing. A significant advantage of the
facility is the availability of all forms of transportation,
including a direct water transportation route to the Gulf of Mexico
and through the Intracoastal Waterway to the Kennedy Space Center in
Florida. Surrounding the operations complex is an almost 125,000-
acre acoustical buffer zone held under restrictive easement by NASA
to muffle the loud, low-frequency noise produced during static tests.
Since 1975, SSC's primary mission has been the research and
development and the flight acceptance testing of the Space Shuttle
main engines. The data accumulated from these ground tests, which
simulate flight profiles, are analyzed to ensure that engine
performance is acceptable and that the required thrust will be
delivered in the critical ascent phase of Shuttle flights. Static
testing is conducted on the same concrete and steel stands used from
1966 to 1970 to captive-fire all first and second stages of the
Saturn V rocket used in the Apollo manned lunar landing and Skylab
programs.
SSC also is involved in several other emerging test programs and
activities, one of which is the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor (ASRM)
program. With the onset of ASRM testing planned for 1996, SSC will
be totally responsible for proving that the Space Shuttle's main
propulsion systems are flightworthy.
The center also is gearing up for the Space Transportation Main
Engine (STME) program. SSC will test much of the STME propulsion
hardware beginning with the turbopumps at the center's Component Test
Facility.
The High Heat Flux Facility at SSC will test materials in support
of the National Aero-Space Plane. In the future, SSC's role in NASP
testing may be increased to include expansion of the facility for
testing the plane's thermal structure.
SSC personnel also are involved in scientific research, remote
sensing technology and applications, and technology transfer. The
center has been designated as NASA's lead center for the
commercialization of remote sensing technology and as such, work with
the public and private sectors to expand the use of remote sensing
imagery and technology.
SSC is somewhat unique in NASA in that the center also serves as
host to 18 other federal and state agencies and university elements
in residence involved in environmental and oceanographic programs.
Approximately 4,100 people are employed at SSC. Roy S. Estess is the
Director.
SSC Public Affairs Contacts
NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) & TITLE OFFICE PHONE HOME PHONE
Myron L. Webb (MLWEBB) 601/688-3341 601/864-3842
Public Affairs Officer
Nancy Sullivan 601/688-3341 601/452-3719
Public Affairs Specialist
Lanee J. Cobb 601/688-1957 601/868-7437
News Chief
Sherri J. Jacobi 601/688-3333
Secretary
Lagniappe 601/688-2313
House organ
FAX 601/688-1094
Goddard Space Flight Center
WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY
Wallops Island, Va. 23337
Wallops Flight Facility, a part of the Goddard Space Flight
Center, is one of the oldest launch sites in the world. Established
in 1945, the facility covers 6,166 acres, including about 1,100 acres
of marshland, in three separate areas of Virginia's Eastern Shore Q
the island, the main base and the mainland just west of the island.
Wallops Island is about 7 miles southeast of the main base and is 5
miles long and l/2 mile wide at the widest point. Wallops is located
on Virginia's Atlantic Coast, Delmarva Peninsula, about 40 miles
southeast of Salisbury, Md., and 72 miles north of the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge Tunnel.
Wallops manages and implements NASA's sounding rocket program
which uses solid-fueled rocket launch vehicles to accomplish
approximately 35 scientific, suborbital missions each year. Launches
are conducted at Wallops and many other ranges throughout the world.
Wallops manages and coordinates NASA's Scientific Balloon Program
using thin-film, helium-filled balloons to provide approximately 35
scientific missions each year. Launches are conducted at Palestine,
Texas, Ft. Sumner, N.M., and several other sites throughout the
world.
The facility operates and maintains the Wallops launch range and
data acquisition facilities. In addition, mobile launch, tracking
and data acquisition systems are transported to and operated at
various world sites to accommodate sounding rocket, balloon and NASA
network mission requirements.
Wallops supports NASA, DOD and other agencies in aeronautical
research. Approximately 150-200 test operations, concentrating on
aircraft/airport interface and aircraft operating problems research,
are conducted each year at the research airport.
Wallops aircraft also are used to support applications and
scientific research missions that are developing new instruments,
providing ground truth data for satellite measurements and conducting
field experiments.
Wallops provides support including launching, tracking, aircraft
flights and data reduction to various segments of DOD, other
agencies, commercial, international and educational ventures.
Wallops plans and conducts Earth and ocean physics, ocean
biological and atmospheric science field experiments, satellite
correlative measurements and developmental projects for new remote
sensor systems. The main thrust of this effort is in support of the
Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes.
Wallops supports tenants (NOAA, Navy, Coast Guard) that use the
land and facilities available at the site. The support also includes
providing fire protection, utilities, coordination of operations,
repairs to buildings, guards and other related services.
Wallops provides the facilities that are specifically designed for
the management and education programs of the NASA Office of
Professional Development and for other NASA courses and conferences.
Wallops Director is Joseph McGoogan, Director, Suborbital Projects
and Operations.
Wallops Public Affairs Contacts
NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) & TITLE OFFICE PHONE HOME PHONE
Keith Koehler 804/824-1579 410/896-2730
Public Affairs Specialist
Mary T. Gladding 804/824-1584 804/824-5117
Public Affairs Clerk
Visitor Center 804/824-1344
Teacher Resource Lab 804/824-2297
FAX: 804/824-1971
PUBLIC AFFAIRS FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION NUMBERS
Installation Phone
NASA Headquarters
Associate Administrator's Office 202/358-4345
Newsroom 202/358-4210
Newsroom 202/358-4335
Broadcast & Imaging 202/358-4333
Public Services - Exhibits & Art program 202/358-4331
Public Services - Astronaut & Guest Appearances 202/358-4332
Television Development 202/358-4334
Internal Communications 202/358-4360
Aeronautics 202/358-4060
Space Science/MTPE/LMSA 202/358-3093
International Affairs 202/358-3029
Advanced Concepts and Technology 202/358-3084
Space Flight & Space Systems Development 202/358-2887
Communications/Quality 202/358-2779
Ames Research Center
Public Information Office 415/604-3953
Dryden Flight Research Facility
PAO Trailer 805/258-3566
Goddard Space Flight Center
Newsroom 301/286-8142
Mission News Center 301/286-2184
Goddard Institute (New York) 212/678-5552
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Newsroom 818/354-4537
Johnson Space Center
Newsroom 713/483-2000
PAO Director 713/483-3379
Public Services Branch 713/483-4876
Kennedy Space Center
Newsroom (Press Site Dome) 407/867-2692
PAO Director 407/867-7787
Vandenberg NASA/KSC (Mail Room) 805/865-3921
Langley Research Center
External Affairs Office 804/864-6333
Lewis Research Center
External Programs Director 216/433-5266
Newsroom 216/433-8143
Marshall Space Flight Center
Public Affairs 205/544-5852
Michoud Assembly Facility
Communications Center 504/255-2152
John C. Stennis Space Center
Public Affairs Office 601/688-1094
Wallops Flight Facility
Newsroom 804/824-1971
INFORMATION SOURCES
Electronic Information Distribution
NASA news releases, Space Shuttle status reports, Shuttle launch
manifest, current mission information and public affairs contacts are
available to the media electronically on CompuServe. For access to
NASA NEWS, contact CompuServe at 1-800/848-8199 and ask for
representative 176.
NASA Select Television
The television service of NASA is an agency-wide TV-audio system
offering a wide range of programming and coverage of NASA events via
satellite. During Space Shuttle missions, the system provides
realtime air-to-ground communications between the orbiter and mission
control, public affairs commentary from launch to landing and news
briefings. Unless noted, all programming carried on NASA Select may
be taped for re-broadcast and other uses.
The system also is used for other NASA briefings and events. For
most press briefings, the system is interactive (one-way video, two-
way audio) between centers so that media covering an event from one
center may ask questions at a briefing originating from another.
In addition to live mission coverage and press briefings, NASA
Select offers informational and educational programming on space and
related topics and updates on all of NASA's projects. Historical
documentaries focusing on great moments in America's space program
also are featured, as well as recurring science as received from
Galileo, Mars Observer, Ulysses, Hubble and other spacecraft.
The programming starts at noon Eastern time, Monday through
Friday, and is shown in 4-hour blocks (repeated at 4 p.m., 8 p.m. and
midnight). Within these 4 hour blocks, at 2 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m.
and 2 a.m. are programs containing material specifically suitable for
classroom use. Live programs such as press conferences and mission
coverage take precedence over regularly scheduled programming.
NASA Select coverage is carried on a full satellite transponder as
follows:
Satcom F-2R, transponder 13, C-band
Orbital Position: 72 degrees W. long.
Frequency: 3960.0 MHz
Vertical polarization
Audio monaural: 6.8 MHz
NASA Select video also is available at the AT&T Switching Center,
Television Operation Control (TVOC), Washington, D.C., and the
following NASA locations:
NASA Headquarters
Ames Research Center
Dryden Flight Research Facility
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Langley Research Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Stennis Space Center
For Space Shuttle missions, updated NASA Select TV schedules may
be obtained by calling COMSTOR, 713/483-5817. COMSTOR is a computer
data base service requiring the use of a telephone modem.
For additional information concering NASA Select, contact Deborah
Rivera, NASA Headquarters, 202/358-1743.
Television
NASA Headquarters produces a 14 1/2-minute "magazine format"
videotape quarterly called "Aeronautics and Space Report." The
program is available to TV stations via satellite NASA Select and KU
Band. It also is uplinked to NASA field centers via the NASA Select
TV system. As an aid to broadcasters wishing to excerpt portions of
this videotape for news programming, both audio channels are used.
Channel 1 audio carries a completely mixed track with narration,
music, actualities and effects. Channel 2 audio has effects and
actualities only.
To downlink this program, television stations should contact Joe
Headlee, NASA Headquarters, 202/358-1734. Stations are notified in
advance when to expect a satellite feed with information on the
current topics.
Audio
NASA produces a weekly 4 1/2-minute program called the "The Space
Story" and a 60-second spot called "Frontiers". These topical radio
programs feature astronauts, scientists and other people in NASA's
ongoing research efforts. These programs are distributed via
satellite and on broadcast-quality cassettes to thousands of stations
in the United States and abroad.
Mission highlight audio tapes and other space-age sound effects
also are available from NASA's radio office by calling 202/358-1735.
NASA Audio News Service
Several NASA centers also provide up-to-date reports on
aeronautics and space activities through automated telephone systems.
The center codaphone services are:
Dryden 805/258-4464
Goddard 301/286-NEWS (6397)
Johnson 713/483-8600
Kennedy 407/867-2525
Marshall 205/544-NEWS (6397)
Headquarters 202/358-3014
Status reports during Space Shuttle missions are available by
calling the above numbers for Kennedy (prelaunch), Johnson (mission
operations) and Dryden (landing operations).
Still Photography
NASA field centers maintain photo files on current projects and
those of the recent past. Older files are periodically purged to
make way for newer material. The Broadcast and Imaging Branch, NASA
Headquarters, has files covering projects and missions extending back
to the agency's creation in 1958. Researchers seeking early or
general material may save time by starting their search at
Headquarters.
Internal News Publications
HQ
NASA Magazine
Editor: Beth Schmid
Phone: 202/358-1760
Published quarterly.
Feature story articles or ideas are accepted from NASA employees and
contractors, subject to editing. Deadlines are last day of July,
October, January and April, respectively, for the following quarterly
publication. Call the editor with suggestions or to submit an
article.
HQ Bulletin
Editor: Rebecca Trexler
Phone: 202/479-4630
Fax: 202/479-7266
Publishes twice monthly on first and third Monday of each month.
HQ Bulletin accepts contributions including articles and photos,
deemed to be of interest to headquarters employees and subject to
editing. Deadline is 2 weeks prior to publication date.
AMES
Astrogram
Editor: Elinor Brody
Associate Editor: Pamela Davoren
Phone: 415/604-5090
Published every other Friday. Does not accept outside contributions.
DFRF
The X-Press
Editor: Linda Faulhaber
Phone: 805/258-3449
Published biweekly.
X-Press does not accept unsolicited contributions.
GSFC
Goddard News
Editor: Fred Brown
Phone: 301/286-7504
The Goddard News, an eight-page monthly publication is distributed
the last week of the month. News and feature articles are primarily
Goddard-related. Contains a monthly status of several orbiting
Goddard-managed spacecraft. Goddard News does not accept commercial
ads.
JPL
Universe
Editor: Mark Whalen
Phone: 818/354-6089
Published every 2 weeks on Friday.
Does not usually accept contributions for publication.
JSC
Space News Roundup
Editor: Kelly O. Humphries
Phone: 713/244-5050
Published every friday.
Space News Roundup accepts contributions subject to editor's
discretion.
KSC
Spaceport News
Editor: Melinda Milsap
Managing Editor: Lisa Malone
Phone: 407/867-2468
Published biweekly.
Outside contributions accepted, subject to editing.
LARC
Researcher News
Managing editor: Marny Skorna
Editor: Ann Laiacona
Phone: 804/864-6126
Fax: 804/864-7732
Published every other week on Friday. Published for center
employees, contractors and aerospace enthusiasts. Researcher News
accepts outside contributions subject to editing. Deadline is
Tuesday following publication of the previous issue. No advertising
accepted.
LERC
Lewis News
Editor: Doreen Zudell
Phone: 216/433-2888
Publisher: Media Relations Office
Published bi-weekly.
Lewis News accepts contributions from HQ and other NASA installations
for News Notes section, if they are relevant to Lewis' employees.
Deadline is noon every other Friday (2 weeks prior to publication).
MSFC
The Marshall Star
Editor: Ernie J. Shannon
Phone: 205/544-0030
Published every Wednesday, 50 weeks out of the year.
Outside contributions are accepted as long as they have at least a
NASA tie, prefer Marshall tie as well. No advertising allowed.
SSC
Lagniappe
Editor: Evelyn Watkins
Phone: 601/688-2313
Lagniappe Office
Bldg. 1100, Rm. 1031.
Published monthly. Comments and suggestions welcomed.
WFF
Inside Wallops
Editor: Keith Koehler
Phone: 804/824-1579
Published monthly
Accepts contributions only from other NASA centers and HQ. Deadline
is the 25th of the preceeding month.
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACTS
NAME (TELEMAIL ADDRESS) CENTER OFFICE PHONE
Adamus, Joanna HQ 202/358-1716
Ahalt, Darlene GSFC 301/286-8101
Ainsworth, Diane JPL 818/354-5011
Alexander, George F. (GALEXANDER) JPL 818/354-7006
Alexander, Ronald C. LERC 216/433-2889
Allen, Rebecca GSFC 301/286-7205
Allingham, Christopher C. HQ 202/358-1900
Alvidrez, Richard F. JPL 818/354-8592
Amatore, Dom (DAMATORE) MSFC 205/544-0034
Andersen, Drucella (DAANDERSEN) HQ 202/358-4733
Anderson, William (BILLANDERSON) MSFC 205/544-7391
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Ball, James E. KSC 407/867-2363
Barnes, Geneva B. HQ 202/358-1639
Bentsen, Thomas J. (TBENTSEN) HQ 202/358-1704
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Borst, Cory JPL 818/354-6170
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Boughton, Eleanore M. LERC 216/433-6631
Boyd, Monica LERC 216/433-2016
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Bridges, Stephen L. (SLBRIDGES) JPL 818/354-6170
Brody, Elinor ARC 415/604-5090
Brown, Dwayne C. (DBROWN) HQ 202/358-0547
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Buckingham, Bruce KSC 407/867-2468
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Campion, Edward S. (ECAMPION) HQ 202/358-1780
Canright, Marchelle D. LARC 804/864-3313
Carlin, Jeannie JSC 713/483-8621
Carr, Jeffrey E. JSC 713/483-5111
Carr, Mengo JSC 713/483-5111
Cast, Jim (JCAST) HQ 202/358-1779
Cavanaugh, Carol KSC 407/867-2622
Charleston, JoAnn LERC 216/433-2957
Cheatham, Diane M. (DCHEATHAM) HQ 202/358-1748
Clary, Tawana M. HQ 202/358-1718
Clausen, Thomas B. (TCLAUSEN) ARC 415/604-5544
Cleggett-Haleim, Paula (PCLEGGETT) HQ 202/358-0883
Clough, Jean Drummond (JDCLOUGH) LARC 804/864-6828
Cobb, Lanee J. SSC 601/688-1957
Copley, Linda M. JSC 713/483-8609
Coppedge, Audrey S. LARC 804/864-3297
Corridon, Deanna HQ 202/358-1733
Cozzens, Thomas A. LERC 216/433-2513
Credeur, Dr. Karen R. (KRCREDEUR) LARC 804/864-3307
Crim, David MSFC 205/544-3655
Crone, Richard GSFC 301/286-7206
Dale, Delores HQ 202/358-1714
Davis, Dorothy C. HQ 202/358-1717
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Deason, Billie A. JSC 713/483-8646
DeFelice, David M. LERC 216/433-6186
Demarest, John MAF 504/257-2601
Desmond, Tina GSFC 301/286-8141
Dickinson, David S. KSC 407/867-7484
Diller, George H. KSC 407/867-2468
Dorr, Les, Jr. HQ 202/488-4615
Dove, Kimberly LERC 216/433-2003
Doyle, James JPL 818/354-5011
Drachlis, David B. (DDRACHLIS) MSFC 205/544-6538
Drelick, Donna GSFC 301/286-7995
Dukes-Campbell, Linda LERC 216/433-8920
Dumoulin, John MSFC 205/544-6541
Dunbar, Brian (BDUNBAR) HQ 202/358-0873
Dutczak, Steve (PA.EAB ) KSC 407/867-4444
Edwards, Marilyn S. (MSEDWARDS) LERC 216/433-2899
Ehmen, Jeff (JEHMEN) MSFC 205/544-6531
Eley, Alice E. (AEELEY) LARC 804/864-3308
Ellington, Tony L. HQ 202/358-0020
Elliott, James GSFC 301/286-6256
Ellis, Linda S. LERC 216/433-2900
Exler, Randee GSFC 301/286-0697
Farrar, Diane ARC 415/604-3934
Faulhaber, Linda DFRF 805/258-3459
Fenrick, C. J. ARC 415/604-1227
Finneran, Mike GSFC 301/286-5565
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Fluegel, Kari L. JSC 713/483-8649
Foster, Jan KSC 407/867-2363
Fowler, Lisa KSC 407/867-2201
Funkhouser, James M. (JFUNKHOUSER) HQ 202/358-1750
Galien, Alison JPL 818/354-5011
Garcia, Michael A. JPL 818/354-8593
Gardner, Noemi ARC 415/604-9000
Garner, Iris L. JSC 713/483-7009
Garrett, David W. (DGARRETT) HQ 202/358-1725
Gladding, Mary T. WFF 804/824-1584
Goldwater, Danielle ARC 415/604-5554
Green, Joseph KSC 407/867-4444
Hairston, John M. , Jr. (JHAIRSTON) LERC 216/433-8686
Haley, Donald E. (DEHALEY) DFRF 805/258-3456
Hanchett, Gregory A. JPL 818/354-6170
Hardin, Mary JPL 818/354-5011
Harding, Wendell (Del) ARC 415/604-9000
Harley, Joycelyn R. HQ 202/358-1750
Harris , Hugh W. (HHARRIS) KSC 407/867-2201
Harrison, Edward K. KSC 407/867-2363
Hartsfield, James A. JSC 713/483-4934
Hathaway, Roger A. LARC 804/864-3312
Headlee, Joseph (JHEADLEE) HQ 202/358-1734
Henry, H. Keith (KHENRY) LARC 804/864-6120
Herring, Kyle J. JSC 713/483-8653
Hess, Mark (MHESS) HQ 202/358-1776
Hodges, Jane KSC 407/867-4444
Hollingsworth, Judi A. MSFC 205/544-1837
Horansky, Nancy LERC 216/433-2943
Houser, Theresa D. (THOUSER) HQ 202/358-1765
Howard, Linda MSFC 205/544-4577
Howard, Martha MSFC 205/544-2716
Hull, Garth A. (GAHULL) ARC 415/604-5543
Humphries, Kelly O. JSC 713/483-5050
Hunt, Darleen KSC 407/867-2622
Hunt, Margaret W. (MWHUNT) LARC 804/864-6125
Hutchison, Jane ARC 415/604-4968
Ingalls, Bill HQ 202/358-1742
Jackson, Gweneth JPL 818/354-7006
Jacobi, Sherri J. SSC 601/688-3333
James, Donald G. ARC 415/604-3935
Jaqua, H. Thomas (HTJAQUA) HQ 202/358-1737
Johansen, Kimberly C. JPL 818/354-2413
Johnson, Janice LARC 804/864-6123
Johnson, Thelma HQ 202/358-1752
Johnson, William KSC 407/867-7819
Jordan, Al (ALJORDAN) MSFC 205/544-6532
Juhans, Renee N. HQ 202/358-2381
Keegan, Sarah (SKEEGAN) HQ 202/358-1902
Kenitzer, Allen GSFC 301/286-2808
Koehler, Keith WFF 804/824-1579
Lee, Geoffrey ARC 415/604-6406
Lievense, Kimberly L . JPL 818/354-8699
Lord, Sharon R. (SRLORD) HQ 202/358-1711
Lovato, Nancy (NDLOVATO) DFRF 805/258-3448
Luna, Florestela JSC 713/483-8612
Lynch, Linda A. HQ 202/358-1754
Maclin, Sonja HQ 202/358-1768
MacMillin, Robert J. (RMACMILLIN) JPL 818/354-5011
Magnum, Michelle GSFC 301/286-8956
Malone, June MSFC 205/544-7061
Malone, Lisa KSC 407/867-2468
Malpass, Pat JSC 713/483-8658
Mangel, Diane (DMANGEL) HQ 202/358-1898
Marianetti, Eugene A. (EMARIANETTI) HQ 202/358-1721
Mark Whalen JPL 818/354-5011
Marlaire, Michael ARC 415/604-4191
Martin, J. Campbell (JCMARTIN) LARC 804/864-6121
Mauk, Larry KSC 407/867-2363
Maull, Walter A. (WMAULL) HQ 202/358-1703
May, Tony GSFC 301/286-8955
McCarter, Jennifer HQ 202/358-1639
McCloskey, Peter J. JPL 818/354-6916
McCulla, James W. (JMCCULLA) HQ 202/358-0002
McNevin III, Edward D. JPL 818/354-5011
Medal, Edward D. (EMEDAL) MSFC 205/544-0038
Mewhinney, Michael ARC 415/604-3937
Miller, Sharon L. JPL 818/354-9318
Montegani, Francis J. LERC 216/433-2956
Moore, Constance HQ 202/358-1740
Morse, David ARC 415/604-9000
Mounce, Boyd E. JSC 713/483-8623
Mroz, Marian J. LERC 216/433-5573
Murden, Craig E. LARC 804/864-3296
Nations, James P. JPL 818/354-9314
Navias, Rob JSC 713/483-8651
Nesbitt, Stephen A. (SNESBITT) JSC 713/483-4241
Neuhauser, Philipp D. JPL 818/354-6278
Nolan, Donald A. (DANOLAN) DFRF 805/258-3447
O'Donnell, Franklin JPL 818/354-5011
Palmer, Jean MSFC 205/544-6518
Parker, Louis A. (LAPARKER) JSC 713/483-8622
Patnesky, Andrew R. JSC 713/483-8636
Pearl, Elaine GSFC 301/286-8957
Pechon, Tina KSC 407/867-7819
Pena, Mara R. JSC 713/483-0228
Peto, Mary Ann (MAPETO) LERC 216/433-2902
Petrachenko, Carol (Bionetics) LARC 804/864-6528
Phelps, Patti KSC 407/867-4444
Poindexter, James D. JSC 713/483-8624
Poleskey, Carl GSFC 301/286-8982
Price, A. Gary (AGPRICE) LARC 804/864-6124
Rachul, Lori LERC 216/433-8806
Rahn, Debra (DRAHN) HQ 202/358-1639
Randolph, Beverly C. HQ 202/358-1724
Ratajczak, Anthony F. LERC 216/433-2225
Ratkewicz, Patricia GSFC 301/286-8102
Reardon, Grace HQ 202/358-1547
Redmond, Charles (CREDMOND) HQ 202/358-1757
Reeves, Mary F. HQ 202/358-1708
Respess, Patricia A. HQ 202/358-1701
Rhoads, Norma JSC 713/483-0235
Rhodes, Jean KSC 407/867-2363
Rhodes, Jean KSC 407/867-2363
Riep, Patricia M. (PRIEP) HQ 202/358-1764
Ritter, Ransom MSFC 205/544-9275
Rivera, Deborah (DRIVERA) HQ 202/358-1743
Robbins , William W. (BILLROBBINS) JSC 713/483-8638
Robinson, Nancy MSFC 205/544-6524
Rock, Jill KSC 407/867-2622
Ross, Christina KSC 407/867-2468
Rovarino, Lisa M. JPL 818/354-6170
Rowe-Lopez, Sheri L. JPL 818/354-6170
Roy, Steven MSFC 205/544-6535
Ruff, Janet GSFC 301/286-6255
Ruhl, Robert K. MSFC 205/544-0031
Sahli, Jim MSFC 205/544-6528
Salas, Libby JSC 713/483-8608
Salsitz, Elena L. JSC 713/483-5599
Samuel, Yvonne JPL 818/354-0349
Sarlin, E. Anita AMES 415/604-4044
Savage, Don (DSAVAGE) HQ 202/358-1727
Schauer, Catharine G. LARC 804/864-6122
Schmid, Elizabeth V. HQ 202/358-1760
Schmid, Jack HQ 202/358-2381
Schmidt, Philip J. JPL 818/354-6916
Schneider, Jo Ann HQ 202/358-1764
Schulman, Robert HQ 202/358-2381
Schwartz, Barbara L. JSC 713/483-8647
Schwartz, Harvey J. LERC 216/433-2921
Seidel, David M. JPL 818/354-9313
Selby, Barbara (BSELBY) HQ 202/358-1983
Shafer, Robert J. (RSHAFER) HQ 202/358-1767
Shallcross, Mary Jo KSC 407/867-2622
Shannon, Ernest MSFC 205/544-0030
Shawnee, Laura A. (LASHAWNEE) ARC 415/604-3936
Simmons, Mike MSFC 205/544-6537
Sindelar, Terri (TSINDELAR) HQ 202/358-1977
Skora, Marny LARC 804/864-3315
Smigielski, Susan LARC 804/864-3293
Smith, Gail T. LERC 216/433-6689
Smith, Janet ARC 415/604-9000
Stall , Harold S. (HSTALL) JSC 713/483-3671
Steitz, David (DSTEITZ) HQ 202/358-1730
Stewart, Syreeta LERC 216/433-5266
Stone , Phillip L. LERC 216/433-2924
Suit, Ann H. (ASUIT) LARC 804/864-3305
Sullivan, Nancy SSC 601/688-3341
Taylor, John B. (JBTAYLOR) MSFC 205/544-0031
Tennison, Maret KSC 407/867-3395
Terlep, Astrid ARC 415/604-3347
Thames, Evelyn L. HQ 202/358-1719
Thomas, Peter D. LARC 804/864-3117
Thornsley, Ken KSC 407/867-7819
Thornton, Cherise MSFC 205/544-6530
Timms, Robin (PS) (RTIMMS) HQ 202/358-1749
Townsend, Carolyn W. HQ 202/358-1781
Turner, Sandra H. MSFC 205/544-8704
Ulrich, Bertram R. HQ 202/358-1713
Valleau, Mary ARC 415/604-3939
Van der Woude, Jurrie JPL 818/354-5011
Van Lepp, Kay F. JPL 818/354-9312
Varnes, Gary (Mitch) KSC 407/867-2468
Verniel, Pamela J. LARC 804/864-6362
Vincent, Jeff (GVINCENT) HQ 202/358-1747
Virata, Manny KSC 407/867-7819
Waller, Peter W. ARC 415/604-3938
Walsh, John F. III (JWALSH) HQ 202/358-1900
Walton, Tommie L. JSC 713/483-8610
Ward, Douglas K. (DKWARD) JSC 713/483-3671
Washington, Althea HQ 202/358-1738
Watson, Cynthia M. LERC 216/433-2888
Weatherspoon, Mary HQ 202/358-1720
Webb, Myron L. (MLWEBB) SSC 601/688-3341
Welch, Brian D. JSC 713/483-8650
Whalen, Mark JPL 818/354-5011
Williams, Leslie KSC 407/867-2468
Williams, Patrice C. (PCWILLIAMS) HQ 202/358-1729
Wilson, James H. JPL 818/354-5011
Witherspoon, Virginia MSFC 205/544-1798
Wood, Alan S. JPL 818/354-5011
Young, Dick (PAO.KSC) KSC 407/867-2468
Young, Tracey KSC 407/867-4444
Zeitman, Ginny ARC 415/604-3574
Zudell, Doreen B. LERC 216/433-2901