| Archive-name: space/addresses |
| Last-modified: $Date: 93/04/01 14:38:55 $ |
| Many space activities center around large Government or International |
| Bureaucracies. In the US that means NASA. If you have basic information |
| requests: (e.g., general PR info, research grants, data, limited tours, and |
| ESPECIALLY SUMMER EMPLOYMENT (typically resumes should be ready by Jan. 1), |
| etc.), consider contacting the nearest NASA Center to answer your questions. |
| EMail typically will not get you any where, computers are used by |
| investigators, not PR people. The typical volume of mail per Center is a |
| multiple of 10,000 letters a day. Seek the Public Information Office at one |
| of the below, this is their job: |
| NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is the |
| civilian space agency of of the United States Federal Government. |
| It reports directly to the White House and is not a Cabinet |
| post such as the military Department of Defense. Its 20K+ employees |
| are civil servants and hence US citizens. Another 100K+ contractors |
| also work for NASA. |
| NASA Headquarters (NASA HQ) |
| Washington DC 20546 |
| Ask them questions about policy, money, and things of political |
| nature. Direct specific questions to the appropriate center. |
| NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) |
| Moffett Field, CA 94035 |
| Some aeronautical research, atmosphere reentry, Mars and Venus |
| planetary atmospheres. "Lead center" for Helicopter research, |
| V/STOL, etc. Runs Pioneer series of space probes. |
| NASA Ames Research Center |
| Dryden Flight Research Facility [DFRF] |
| P. O. Box 273 |
| Edwards, CA 93523 |
| Aircraft, mostly. Tested the shuttle orbiter landing |
| characteristics. Developed X-1, D-558, X-3, X-4, X-5, XB-70, and of |
| course, the X-15. |
| NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) |
| Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| [Outside of Washington DC] |
| Earth orbiting unmanned satellites and sounding rockets. Developed |
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |
| California Institute of Technology |
| 4800 Oak Grove Dr. |
| Pasadena, CA 91109 |
| The "heavies" in planetary research probes and other unmanned |
| projects (they also had a lot to do with IRAS). They run Voyager, |
| Magellan, Galileo, and will run Cassini, CRAF, etc. etc.. For |
| images, probe navigation, and other info about unmanned exploration, |
| this is the place to go. |
| JPL is run under contract for NASA by the nearby California |
| Institute of Technology, unlike the NASA centers above. This |
| distinction is subtle but critical. JPL has different requirements |
| for unsolicited research proposals and summer hires. For instance in |
| the latter, an SF 171 is useless. Employees are Caltech employees, |
| contractors, and for the most part have similar responsibilities. |
| They offer an alternative to funding after other NASA Centers. |
| A fact sheet and description of JPL is available by anonymous |
| FTP in |
| ames.arc.nasa.gov:pub/SPACE/FAQ/JPLDescription |
| NASA Johnson Manned Space Center (JSC) |
| Houston, TX 77058 |
| JSC manages Space Shuttle, ground control of manned missions. |
| Astronaut training. Manned mission simulators. |
| NASA Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) |
| Titusville, FL 32899 |
| Space launch center. You know this one. |
| NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) |
| Hampton, VA 23665 |
| [Near Newport News, VA] |
| Original NASA site. Specializes in theoretical and experimental |
| flight dynamics. Viking. Long Duration Exposure Facility. |
| NASA Lewis Research Center (LeRC) |
| 21000 Brookpark Rd. |
| Cleveland, OH 44135 |
| Aircraft/Rocket propulsion. Space power generation. Materials |
| research. |
| NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) |
| Huntsville, AL 35812 |
| Development, production, delivery of Solid Rocket Boosters, External |
| Tank, Orbiter main engines. Propulsion and launchers. |
| Michoud Assembly Facility |
| Orleans Parish |
| New Orleans, LA 70129 |
| Shuttle external tanks are produced here; formerly Michoud produced |
| first stages for the Saturn V. |
| Stennis Space Center |
| Bay St. Louis, Mississippi 39529 |
| Space Shuttle main engines are tested here, as were Saturn V first |
| and second stages. The center also does remote-sensing and |
| technology-transfer research. |
| Wallops Flight Center |
| Wallops Island, VA 23337 |
| Aeronautical research, sounding rockets, Scout launcher. |
| Manager, Technology Utilization Office |
| NASA Scientific and Technical Information Facility |
| Post Office Box 8757 |
| Baltimore, Maryland 21240 |
| Specific requests for software must go thru COSMIC at the Univ. of |
| Georgia, NASA's contracted software redistribution service. You can |
| reach them at cosmic@uga.bitnet. |
| NOTE: Foreign nationals requesting information must go through their |
| Embassies in Washington DC. These are facilities of the US Government |
| and are regarded with some degree of economic sensitivity. Centers |
| cannot directly return information without high Center approval. Allow |
| at least 1 month for clearance. This includes COSMIC. |
| The US Air Force Space Command can be contacted thru the Pentagon along with |
| other Department of Defense offices. They have unacknowledged offices in |
| Los Angeles, Sunnyvale, Colorado Springs, and other locations. They have |
| a budget which rivals NASA in size. |
| Boulevard de l'Europe |
| 91006 Evry Cedex |
| France |
| 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 875 |
| Washington, DC 20006 |
| 955 L'Enfant Plaza S.W. |
| Washington, D.C. 20024 |
| 4-1 Hamamatsu-Cho, 2 Chome |
| Minato-Ku, Tokyo 105, JAPAN |
| 45 Vologradsij Pr. |
| Moscow 109125 |
| Alabama Space and Rocket Center U.S. SPACE CAMP |
| 1 Tranquility Base 6225 Vectorspace Blvd |
| Huntsville, AL 35805 Titusville FL 32780 |
| Registration and mailing list are handled through Huntsville -- both |
| camps are described in the same brochure. |
| Programs offered at Space Camp are: |
| Space Camp - one week, youngsters completing grades 4-6 |
| Space Academy I - one week, grades 7-9 |
| Aviation Challenge - one week high school program, grades 9-11 |
| Space Academy II - 8 days, college accredited, grades 10-12 |
| Adult Program - 3 days (editorial comment: it's great!) |
| Teachers Program - 5 days |
| SPACE COMMERCE CORPORATION (U.S. agent for Soviet launch services) |
| 504 Pluto Drive 69th flr, Texas Commerce Tower |
| Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Houston, TX 77002 |
| 600 Maryland Avenue, SW |
| Suite 201 West |
| Washington, DC 20004 |
| 1857 Preston White Drive, |
| Reston, VA 22091 |
| Vincent Cate maintains a list with addresses and some info for a variety |
| of companies in space-related businesses. This is mailed out on the |
| space-investors list he runs (see the "Network Resources" FAQ) and is also |
| available by anonymous ftp from furmint.nectar.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.209.111) in |
| /usr/vac/ftp/space-companies. |
| NEXT: FAQ #9/15 - Schedules for space missions, and how to see them |
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