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- Subject: Space FAQ 06/13 - Addresses
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- CONTACTING NASA, ESA, AND OTHER SPACE AGENCIES/COMPANIES
-
- 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 CENTERS
-
- NASA Headquarters (NASA HQ)
- Washington DC 20546
- (202)-358-1600
-
- 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
- (415)-694-5091
-
- 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
- (805)-258-8381
-
- 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]
- (301)-344-6255
-
- Earth orbiting unmanned satellites and sounding rockets. Developed
- LANDSAT.
-
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
- California Institute of Technology
- 4800 Oak Grove Dr.
- Pasadena, CA 91109
- (818)-354-5011
-
- 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 in
-
- ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/SPACE/FAQ/JPLDescription
-
- NASA Johnson Manned Space Center (JSC)
- Houston, TX 77058
- (713)-483-5111
-
- JSC manages Space Shuttle, ground control of manned missions.
- Astronaut training. Manned mission simulators.
-
- NASA Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC)
- Titusville, FL 32899
- (407)-867-2468
-
- Space launch center. You know this one.
-
- NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC)
- Hampton, VA 23665
- [Near Newport News, VA]
- (804)-865-2935
-
- 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
- (216)-433-4000
-
- Founded in 1941 as one of the original NACA centers. Aircraft/Rocket
- propulsion. Space power generation. Materials research. Space
- communications technology. Electric propulsion. Structures research.
- Microgravity science. Intermediate and large expendable launch
- vehicles.
-
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
- Huntsville, AL 35812
- (205)-453-0034
-
- Development, production, delivery of Solid Rocket Boosters, External
- Tank, Orbiter main engines. Propulsion and launchers.
-
- Michoud Assembly Facility
- Orleans Parish
- New Orleans, LA 70129
- (504)-255-2601
-
- Shuttle external tanks are produced here; formerly Michoud produced
- first stages for the Saturn V.
-
- Stennis Space Center
- Bay St. Louis, Mississippi 39529
- (601)-688-3341
-
- 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
- (804)824-3411
- 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.
-
- ARIANESPACE HEADQUARTERS
- Boulevard de l'Europe
- B.P. 177
- 91006 Evry Cedex
- France
-
- ARIANESPACE, INC.
- 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 875
- Washington, DC 20006
- (202)-728-9075
-
- CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES (CNES) [the French space agency]
- 2, place Maurice Quentin
- F-75039 Paris Cedex 01, FRANCE
- phone 33 (1) 45.08.75.00
-
- EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE COMPANY (EOSAT)
- 7500 Forbes Boulevard
- Lanham, MD 20706
- (800)-344-9933 (Landsat Applications Group)
-
- EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)
- 955 L'Enfant Plaza S.W.
- Washington, DC 20024
- (202)-488-4158
-
- NATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NASDA)
- 4-1 Hamamatsu-Cho, 2 Chome
- Minato-Ku, Tokyo 105, JAPAN
- asuzuki@rd.tksc.nasda.go.jp (Public Relations Office)
-
- NPO ENERGIA (Washington office)
- Email: energia@delphi.com
-
- SOYUZKARTA
- 45 Vologradsij Pr.
- Moscow 109125
- CIS
-
- SPACE CAMP
- Alabama Space and Rocket Center U.S. SPACE CAMP
- 1 Tranquility Base 6225 Vectorspace Blvd
- Huntsville, AL 35805 Titusville FL 32780
- (205)-837-3400 (407)267-3184
-
- 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
- (719)-578-5490 (713)-227-9000
-
- SPACEHAB
- 600 Maryland Avenue, SW
- Suite 201 West
- Washington, DC 20004
- (202)-488-3483
-
- SPACE INDUSTRIES, INC.
- 101 Courageous Dr. 711 W. Bay Area Blvd. #320
- League City, TX 77573 Webster, TX 77598
- (713) 538-6000
-
- I'm not certain which of these two addresses is correct.
-
- SPOT IMAGE CORPORATION
- 1857 Preston White Drive,
- Reston, VA 22091
- (FAX) (703)-648-1813 (703)-620-2200
-
-
- OTHER COMMERCIAL SPACE BUSINESSES
-
- Vincent Cate (maintainer of the space-investors mailing list) keeps a
- list with addresses and info for companies in space related businesses in
-
- ftp://furmint.nectar.cs.cmu.edu/usr2/anon/space-companies
-
-
- NEXT: FAQ #7/13 - Schedules for space missions, and how to see them
-