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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)	9
Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Facility (DFRF)	11
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)	13
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)	16
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC)	18
John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC)	21
Langley Research Center (LARC)	24
Lewis Research Center (LERC)	26
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)	29
Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF)	32
John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC)	33
Wallops Flight Facility (WFF)	34
Public Affairs FAX Phone Listing	36
Information Sources	37
NASA Internal News Publications	39
Alphabetical listing of Public Affairs Contacts	41

.c.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

.c.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
.c.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

.c.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

.c.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

.c.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

.c.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

.c.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

.c.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

.c.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

.c.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

.c.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
.c.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
