Archive-name: space/addresses Last-modified: $Date: 93/04/01 14:38:55 $  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 by anonymous 	FTP in  	    ames.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  	Aircraft/Rocket propulsion. Space power generation. Materials 	research.      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  EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)     955 L'Enfant Plaza S.W.     Washington, D.C. 20024     (202)-488-4158  NATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NASDA)     4-1 Hamamatsu-Cho, 2 Chome     Minato-Ku, Tokyo 105, JAPAN  SOYUZKARTA     45 Vologradsij Pr.     Moscow 109125     USSR  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  SPOT IMAGE CORPORATION     1857 Preston White Drive,     Reston, VA 22091     (FAX) (703)-648-1813    (703)-620-2200   OTHER COMMERCIAL SPACE BUSINESSES      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.