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March 9, 2001 Roundup VOL. 40, NO. 5 L YNDON B. , HOUSTON, TEXAS Atlantis crew delivers heart of the space station

pace Shuttle Atlantis glided to a people in MOD that provided the us because it’s really all about you. Our attach to the station berthing port. At belated but textbook touchdown at fabulous training that we’ve had for about nation’s space program is all about indi- 12:57 p.m. CST, the lab was latched into SEdwards Air Force Base, Calif., at two and one-half years now to get ready viduals like yourself who put in so many position on the station, and soon a set 2:33 p.m. CST Feb. 20, successfully for this flight.” hours of work so that we get to go up of automatic bolts tightened to hold it wrapping up a 5.3-million-mile mission to Cockrell took the opportunity to there and be on TV for a couple of permanently in place for years to come. deliver the U.S. Laboratory Destiny to the express greetings from the Expedition weeks doing things.” With Destiny secured to the station, International Space Station. One crew. “Bill Shepherd sends his Left on orbit is the U.S. Destiny Jones and Curbeam connected electrical, With STS-98 Commander Ken greetings to all of you. He’s having a Laboratory, which was installed onto the data and cooling lines. Cockrell at the controls, Atlantis darted great time up there. I can’t imagine a ISS Feb. 10 in a dazzling display of Jones and Curbeam breezed through through high clouds over the Mojave better crew to inaugurate the space robotics finesse and space-walking skill. the second space walk of the mission Desert test center to touch down on station era.” Ivins began the work of installing the on Feb. 12, attaching the PMA 2 to the concrete runway 22. The landing was the Polansky, completing his first flight in laboratory, using Atlantis’ robotic arm to end of the new Destiny module and 47th at Edwards and brought the 102nd space, had a few words to say about his remove Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 completing all of the space walk’s flight in program history to a close. commander: “He ran a great crew, and he (PMA 2), a station docking port, from the planned tasks and more. Cockrell and fellow crewmembersÐPilot really enabled us to do our jobs. He was Unity module to make room for Destiny. During the second space walk, Jones Mark Polansky and Mission Specialists there to provide oversight for the whole The adapter was removed from Unity and helped Ivins remove PMA 2 from the Z-1 Tom Jones, Marsha Ivins and Bob program. He did a remarkable job on the latched into a temporary position on the Truss by manually opening latches on the CurbeamÐreturned to Ellington Field at rendezvous and docking. And it was, station’s truss. Then Jones and Curbeam truss. Curbeam relocated himself to the about 3:30 p.m. CST the next day from my viewpoint, a fantastic landing. It began a space walk that continued end of the lab and provided clearance where they were greeted by a crowd of was for me a privilege to get to work with throughout the day, in tandem with Ivins’ cues to Ivins as she berthed PMA 2 to the well-wishers. a pro on my first flight.” robotic work. Jones provided Ivins visual end of the lab. Curbeam attached a vent “We had a wonderful flight,” Cockrell Polansky thanked all those who cues as she moved the adapter to its tem- to the lab’s pressure control system. told those in attendance. “I know it’s worked so hard to make the mission a porary position, and Curbeam removed Curbeam and Jones then moved pleased a lot of people, but it wasn’t all success. “The last two weeks have been a heater power connections from Atlantis to rapidly through a variety of tasks, includ- our doing. We did our part, I guess, but dream come true. It was just something the lab before unberth. ing attaching a vent to part of the lab’s air we’re here to say a really huge ‘thank that I’ve wanted to do my entire life and I Ivins then latched the robotic arm onto system and putting wires, handrails and you’ to all of you that put this flight just can’t believe that I finally got to do the Destiny lab and began lifting it from sockets on the exterior of Destiny as aids together and got us ready for it. it. As great an honor and a privilege as Atlantis’ payload bay. High above the for future space walkers. Ahead of “The reason a flight goes well is that was, I’m not naïve enough to think bay, Ivins deftly flipped the 16-ton lab schedule for the second space walk of the because things come together and things that flying in space is about me or about 180 degrees, moving it into position to mission, they connected several computer don’t go wrong, and very few things went and electrical cables between the docking wrong on this flight, which enabled the port and the lab and unveiled the lab’s big picture to come together so smoothly. large, high-quality window and attached It’s a testament to the hard work that’s an exterior shutter. gone into the Space Station Program, the Jones and Curbeam completed the third ProgramÐgetting Atlantis space walk of the mission on Feb. 14. ready to carry the precious cargo up Space-walking tasks included going to to the stationÐto the people that are the top of the P6 Truss to inspect latches running station and running space shuttle on the solar array and testing the ability of operations here on the ground at MOD space walkers to carry an immobile [Mission Operations Directorate] and the crewmember back to the shuttle airlock. Ivins reflected on the successful work

STS98-E-5189 performed on orbit, calling it a “miracle.” Robert L. Curbeam, “I just got to say that was a miracle,” STS-98 mission specialist, holds onto said Ivins, who also served as the flight handrail on Pressurized Mating engineer on STS-98. “We are asking for Adapter 3 during the second of three scheduled space walks on 5A. Please see Atlantis crew delivers Page 2

NASA names Estess acting JSC director ffective Feb. 23, Roy Estess, director of NASA’s Stennis Space Center NASA in a variety of increasingly senior positions. He was named JSC in Mississippi, was detailed to JSC as the acting center director. NASA director in 1996. As the focus of his new duties, Abbey will conduct, on a E Administrator Daniel S. Goldin appointed former JSC Director full-time basis, an assessment of the current International Space Station George W. S. Abbey as his senior assistant for international issues. partner contributions, providing the administrator with a report analyzing Estess has served as director of Stennis Space Center since 1989, and was its past and potential future contributions that will help increase the overall deputy director from 1980 to 1989. A native Mississippian and a graduate of effectiveness of the International Space Station Program. Mississippi State University, he began his career there in 1966 as a test engineer. Look for a tribute to former Center Director George W. S. Abbey Roy Estess Abbey’s appointment came after a highly decorated 40-year career with in the next issue.

Columbia returns New JSC archive Volunteers in time for its will provide expand their 20th birthday. easy access. horizons. Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 2 March 9, 2001 SPACE CENTER Roundup Improved Columbia returns to service by James Hartsfield of pounds. To save weight, almost 1,000 wiring will be used for testing to verify and begun in only a few months. Key to pounds of unused wireÐleftover from that predictions of the characteristics of the success of the quick work on wiring n the eve of the 20th anniversary of equipment and sensors that were used on aging on shuttle wiring are accurate. enhancements was Doug White, director its maiden voyage, Columbia is Columbia for only the first few space “The wiring work, the inspection and of operational requirements in the Oreturning to service fresh from a year shuttle test flightsÐwere removed. the removal of wiring was probably the United Space Alliance’s Orbiter and a half of maintenance and upgrades Due to multiple instances most significant thing done at Palmdale in Elements Office. that have made it better than ever. of wiring damage that were found in the terms of time and manpower required,” “The team did a great job quickly “As its 20th birthday approaches, shuttle fleet in 1999, comprehensive explained John Mulholland, deputy man- identifying and laying out what needed to Columbia is fit to fly for many more inspections of 95 percent of Columbia’s ager for operations in the Space Shuttle be done and getting it in work,” White said. years,” Space Shuttle Program Manager more than 200 miles of wire were Vehicle Engineering Office. “It may “The effort really stretched coast-to-coast. Ron Dittemore said. “It is safer and more performed at Palmdale. To prevent such also be one of the most significant People were involved from Houston, capable than it has ever been, a result of the damage from recurring, safety enhancements we have made.” Florida, Boeing in Huntington Beach, thorough maintenance and continuous technicians smoothed Normally, shuttle modifications are California, and Boeing in Palmdale.” improvements that have been incorporated rough edges throughout the planned out as much as a year in advance, Such inspections and protective regularly into the shuttle fleet.” shuttle and encased wiring in Mulholland added, but the wiring measures will be a regular feature of all More than 100 modifications and high-traffic work areas in work on Columbia was planned future shuttle maintenance periods. improvements have been made to protective tubing. Also, about Some work also was performed to better Columbia, highlighted by the 1,500 feet of wiring was separate duplicate wires that provide installation of a new “glass cockpit” removed and replaced power to critical shuttle systems, which replaced mechanical instruments with new wiring. ensuring that a problem in one area with nine full-color, flat-panel displays. The removed would not affect both sets of wires. The new cockpit is lighter, uses less The vast majority of such instances electricity and sets the stage for the next are avoided in the shuttle’s original generation of improvements, a “smart design, but work led by Frank cockpit” in Alanis of JSC Engineering’s ` development Energy Systems Division was a during the significant contribution next to identifying a few five years areas in need of that will make modification. the cockpit Also at Palmdale, more user-friendly. Columbia is the preliminary preparations were made that second of NASA’s four space shuttles to could allow Columbia to use a space be fitted with the new “glass cockpit.” station docking system, enabling it to The Space Shuttle Atlantis was the first to join the rest of the shuttle fleet as a fly in space with the “glass cockpit” on courier to the International Space Station mission STS-101 in May 2000. The work in the future if needed. In addition, on the “glass cockpit,” technically called As its 20th birthday approaches, Columbia is fit to fly for many Columbia’s crew cabin floor was the Multifunction Electronic Display strengthened, the heat protection on its Subsystem (MEDS), has been overseen more years . It is safer and more capable than it has ever been, a wings was enhanced and protection from in large part by Jim Newsome, subsystem result of the thorough maintenance and continuous improvements space debris was added to its cooling manager for MEDS in the Avionics system, making it a safer spacecraft. Systems Division at JSC. that have been incorporated regularly into the shuttle fleet. While Columbia was in California, Work at Palmdale on Columbia began technicians scoured the shuttle when it arrived there from Florida on during months of intensive structural Sept. 26, 1999. Other improvements that Ð Ron Dittemore inspections, using the latest technology were made include weight reductions that Space Shuttle Program Manager to check for even minute signs of have increased the amount of cargo fatigue, corrosion or broken rivets Columbia can carry to orbit by hundreds or welds.

Continued from Page 1 ATLANTIS CREW DELIVERS exponentially more from our systems, well for so long. I know you’re glad that undocking phase of STS-98. In addressing conduct to it. It’s a dream that 35 years from our hardware and from our crews it all came to fruitionÐbelieve me, we all the crowd at Ellington Field, he took a ago people would have just chalked up to with increasingly less time. And a large had big smiles on our faces when we step back from the flight and from the science fiction. Here it is coming true in part of our success in these missions has came back and landed at Edwards.” successful installation of the lab onto the our lifetime. And it’s just an example of to do with luck. But a larger part has to With the addition of Destiny, the sta- space station to ponder the future. what we can do when we put dreams into do with those of you who worked as hard tion’s mass is now 112 tons. It measures “This is the first shuttle mission in the reality and then put our efforts and our or harder than we did in making sure that 171 feet in length, 90 feet in height and new century. We have a crew aboard the determination and our courage we had hardware and systems and a crew 240 feet in width. It has a volume of space station that will be the forerunners collectively into an effort like this. that were ready to do this [mission]. And 13,000 cubic feet, already a larger volume for dozens of crews to come over the next “And because we can do things like so to my amazing crew ... and to all of than any space station in history. several decades. And when you think the space station and putting the Destiny you who stuck by us to make sure we Jones was the lead space walker on the about all of that, it’s science fiction come laboratory in place, we know together that were ready, I’d just like to thank you for flight and served as the flight engineer for true. We have an outpost in space that’s when we’re asked to go to farther places, to that miracle.” the rendezvous and docking phase and the expanding with every mission that we more distant places, to more During the mission, the STS-98 and challenging destinations, we’re Expedition One crews transferred 3,000 going to be able to put that into pounds of equipment and supplies to the reality as well. So we’re going to station from Atlantis, including water, leave Earth orbit behind once the food, spare parts, a spare Russian carbon station is complete and we’ll be dioxide removal system, a spare com- back on the Moon, and we’ll be puter, clothes, movies and other items. places like the asteroids and on About 850 pounds of material was moved Mars quicker than somebody can from the station to Atlantis. ask us to do it if we’re just given Outside the spacecraft, in addition to the license to do that.” the Destiny lab and its associated equip- ment, Jones and Curbeam attached about 350 pounds of equipment to the station during their three space walks, including the spare antenna and a mounting fixture STS98-E-5195 for the station’s Canadian robotic arm Astronaut Thomas D. Jones, that will be launched this spring. STS-98 mission specialist, Curbeam thanked all for their work in waves at crew mates inside Atlantis' crew cabin while making the mission a success. “The true working on the International Space measure of how much hard work you put Station (ISS) during the second of in was the success that we had on our three scheduled space walks mission. We had a couple of hiccups but involving himself and astronaut we got over all of them and that’s because Robert L. Curbeam and assisted by their STS-98 you all worked so hard and trained us so aboard Atlantis. SPACE CENTER Roundup March 9, 2001 3 Space archive to be established at UH-Clear Lake

he University of Houston-Clear station and the general history of JSC. be a secure, environmentally controlled electronically search the collection and Lake will receive and maintain Archives to house the records are facility that meets National Archives and retrieve digital scans of the documents TJohnson Space Center’s historical under construction in the library, and Records Administration standards. through the Internet. Plans call for this records under a memorandum of should be completed later this year. Researchers will have access to an database to be moved to a public Web understanding signed during a recent The archives will be open to students, electronic index for the entire collection. site, providing users with remote access. ceremony at UHCL. researchers and the public. Efforts are under way to digitize the Under the agreement, the transfer will The agreement is part of the continu- “Transfer of the center’s history collection, so the database can be linked be for an initial 10-year loan period, with ing effort by NASA and JSC to share collection to UHCL will allow easier to the documents, enabling researchers to options for possible extension. ■ historic information with the public. access to this material by scholars The ceremony formalizing the and the general pub- agreement, between JSC, UHCL and lic,” says JSC Historian the National Archives and Records Glen Swanson. Administration, was held in the Alfred A great deal of R. Neumann Library at UHCL. JSC unprocessed material officials and UHCL President Dr. in the center’s history William Staples joined in the signing collection needs of the agreement, which has been attention, Swanson approved and signed by the Archivist said. Those records of the United States. transferred to UHCL The center’s history collection will free up additional includes copies of correspondence, on-site space for pro- memos, reports, interviews and other cessing this backlog of materials documenting the history and material, which can role played by the center in NASA’s then be cataloged and human space flight program. indexed before joining The first series of documents to the rest of the collec- be moved are records of the Apollo tion at the university. Program, which had once been kept at The expanded the Woodson Research Center at Rice UHCL archives will University’s Fondren Library. More be staffed by a than 1,000 oral history interview tapes, full-time archivist and transcripts and videos documenting the other trained support men and women that worked on the personnel who will NASA JSC 2001e039002 Photo by Bill Stafford Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs be able to assist Dr. William Staples, president, University of Houston-Clear Lake, and Vicki Pendergrass, director, NASA/Johnson Space will be included in the initial move. researchers in using Center Information Systems Directorate, sign a memorandum of understanding allowing UHCL to receive and maintain Records scheduled for later transfer JSC history archives. Also attending the signing ceremony, from left, are Dr. Joseph McCord, director, Alfred Neumann the collection. The Library, UHCL; Glen Swanson, JSC historian; Patti Stockman, JSC records manager; and Larry Sweet, chief, Information include material on the space shuttle, space UHCL archives will and Imaging Sciences Division, JSC.

Space research institute increases scope

he National Space Biomedical three-year periods, will be carried out at fitness and rehabilitation; neurobehavioral the bodyÐ bone, heart and Research Institute (NSBRI) is 67 institutions involving 250 researchers and psychosocial factors; integrated human musclesÐaffect the total body? Tincreasing its scope by funding 86 in 19 states. Selected from a group of function; and smart medical “Like the original eight research research projects in 19 states and adding 281 research proposals, each project systemsÐwill allow more complete areas, these new teams hold potential four new research areas. underwent rigorous independent peer coverage of health issues related to for advancing prevention and treatment “With these projects, the Institute review by a panel of scientists not two-to-three year exploration missions. issues on Earth,” Alford said. can better explore the health-related affiliated with the Institute. Research issues for the new teams include: NSBRI’s other teams address bone loss, problems associated with long-duration These new projects mark the first time ❖ How much and what type of food muscle weakening, cardiovascular human space flight,” said Dr. Bobby R. the NSBRI has selected its projects through is needed to maintain proper changes, sleep disruption and vigilance, Alford, NSBRI chairman of the board an open, competitive solicitation process. nutrition? immunology and infection, balance and and CEO. “There are many physical and Approximately one-half of the projects are ❖ What type of exercise and orientation, radiation exposure and psychological challenges that must be slated for universities and laboratories out- rehabilitation is needed before, medical research technology needs. addressed before women and men can side the consortium. during and after the flight? The NSBRI consortium includes explore our solar system.” All projects address key issues related to ❖ How can astronauts best cope with Baylor College of Medicine, Brookhaven The NSBRI was established in 1997 human health in space and are carried out separation from family and Earth? National Laboratory, Harvard Medical through a NASA competition to create by integrated theme-based teams of ❖ What type of leadership style and School, The Johns Hopkins University, a consortium of leading research institu- scientists. Many of the health issues will be crew composition is most suitable? Massachusetts Institute of Technology, tions working toward the goal of reducing faced by International Space Station crews ❖ How can medical diagnoses be Morehouse School of Medicine, Mount health concerns related to exploration and will pose an even greater threat to made and treatments delivered Sinai School of Medicine, Rice University, missions. Twelve institutions comprise the crews exploring other planets. in deep space? Texas A&M University, University of NSBRI consortium and are responsible for By adding four new teams, the NSBRI ❖ How do the solutions or activities Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University its program development. now focuses on 12 research areas. implemented to maintain the of Pennsylvania Health System and The 86 projects, funded for one- to The new areasÐnutrition, physical integrity of specific parts of University of Washington. ■ Fifth space station element delivered to NASA he Joint Airlock was officially side of the Unity module. It has two handed over to NASA recently componentsÐa crew lock from which T by members of Boeing’s Airlock astronauts and cosmonauts exit the Program teams from Houston, International Space Station and step , Canoga into space, and an equipment lock Park and Huntsville. This official used for storing gear. sign-off marks the completion of the The handover of the Joint Airlock Phase II Space Station Program and marks the fifth in a series of major paves the way for the launch of the elements turned over to NASAÐthe Joint Airlock scheduled for June 8 Unity node was handed over in 1997 on STS-104. and the integrated truss structures The 6.5-ton, 20-foot-long Z1 and P6 and the Destiny Labora- Airlock will be connected to the right tory were handed over last year. ■

In its final days at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center facilities in Huntsville, Ala., the International Space Station’s Joint Airlock Module undergoes exhaustive structural and systems testing, prior to being wrapped and lifted into a protective container for its flight to Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 4 March 9, 2001 SPACE CENTER Roundup

JSC to observe Volunteers become role models at National Women’s History Month Expanding Your Horizons conference T he theme of this year's Women's History Month is he Expanding Your Horizons Students and in Math and Science Career Confer- "Celebrating Women of volunteers participate Courage and Vision." T ence For Girls was held January 27 in one of many The National Women's at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. The NASA workshops and booth were a workshops at the History Project is honoring success for the third time this conference six women whose lives and EYH conference. has been held in Clear Lake, thanks to work exemplify both courage close to 20 employees who gave up a and vision. The honorees can beautiful Saturday to inspire a younger be found at generation of potential NASA employees. http://www.nwhp.org/whm/themes/ “I have been lucky enough to have a themes and include Astronaut wonderful family and incredible Ellen Ochoa. teachers,” says Mamta Patel, a In observance of Women's co-op in the Space Flight Training History Month, JSC is having a Department. “But, I know that live web cast March 15 from others are not so fortunate. So, noon to 1 pm. The web address any time that I can give back to young girls...I do it. It makes my will be announced on the day to see those girls smile.” QUEST website: Another co-op, Kelly Halacka, Co-ops Jennifer Wilds, Ericka Brewer and Mamta http://quest.nasa.gov/space/ who works in Space and Life Patel explain to students why they chose to Panelists include Dr. Sciences, was impressed with the pursue engineering degrees. Linda Shackelford and Janis maturity and curiosity of the Davis-Street. students. “It was reassuring for me to see staff the JSC booth, and work as general enthusiasm towards math and science,” Dr. Shackelford is a the future of the engineering field.” conference help. says Jennifer Wilds, a co-op with Titan- Mississippi native and received Other volunteers were Anne Roemer, The booth was a stopping point for the LinCom Corporation in the Guidance, her undergraduate degree in Dr. Jaclyn Allen, Jean Carter, Carolyn more than 600 students in attendance. Navigation & Control Division. Wilds is chemistry and biology from the Krumrey, Sharon McDougle, Shannon Jessie Hendrick of the JSC Equal one of many who views Ride as a role Mississippi University for Melton, Jennifer Wilds, Ericka Brewer, Employment Opportunity Program Office model. “Having the opportunity to meet a Women. She got her M.D. from Jessie Hendrick, Dr. Marguerite Sognier, helped each girl find a position at NASA role model is exciting, but getting to be Irene Verinder, Rhonda Moore, where she may be needed one day. Even recognized as a role model to younger girls the University of Mississippi Dr. Marilyn Lindstrom, Gretchen those students who expressed interests in the same day is rewarding!” School of Medicine before Thomas, Elizabeth Fountain and outside of science or math were included. joining the Army in 1980. She Lt. Col. Timothy Creamer. Hendrick would simply ask if they played a has worked at Johnson Space The Math Science Network located at sport, played in the band, or sang in the Jessie Hendrick talks with a student Center since 1991, except Mills College in California has promoted, choir at school. Then she would relate the interested in a career with NASA. for eight months of service conducted and sponsored Expanding teamwork skills they are in Germany, as she is a Your Horizons conferences across the learning during these lieutenant colonel in the Army country for almost 20 years. Working activities to the ones they Reserve. She is currently the with co-sponsoring agencies including the would need as a member head of the Bone Lab, a posi- American Association of University of the Space Shuttle Pro- tion she assumed in 1992. She Women and Girl Scouts of America, gram or the NASA JSC works in Medical Operations more than 350,000 students in 35 states Team Exploration, which and Canada have been served. Locally, designs advanced space with post-flight astronaut bone NASA JSC has supported EYH for six missions to the moon, issues and rehabilitation. years. During that time, more than 1,400 Mars, and asteroids. Janis Davis-Street grew up in local middle school girls have attended Dr. Sally Ride was the Georgetown, Guyana, located hands-on interactive workshops designed keynote speaker. “(She) on the northeastern coast of to foster an interest in math and science. did a wonderful job South America. She attended Many JSC and contractor employees presenting the space school in Ontario, Canada, and have volunteered to present workshops, program and providing completed graduate school in Alberta. She immigrated to the United States in 1987 and has Former attendee returns after five years lived in Houston ever since. She is currently a nutritionist hese volunteers do become role working in Life Sciences. models, as Marguerite Sognier learned firsthand from the EYH The women will each have T conference she worked at five years ago. five to ten minutes to give Sognier presents one of the most a brief background of why popular workshops, titled “Bubble, they chose the science field Bubble, Boil and Puzzle.” and then will take turns According to the program, students answering questions from in the workshop “get to perform fun, people around the world. hands-on laboratory experiments to expe- A second web cast will rience the life of a research scientist.” feature Vanessa Ellerbe, Sognier takes care to always have a new, Dorothy Rasco and Gladys exciting lesson for the students to learn. Henderson on March 28. She makes up a “goo” that the students Look for an update in the must observe. Then, they record observa- tions in a laboratory notebook that next Roundup. Sognier helps to design. This notebook is Marguerite Sognier gives her “Bubble, Bubble, Boil and Puzzle” workshop. actually the way Sognier found out that her workshop made an impact on one Everett came to help Sognier in the down (students with) 4.0s for those with student, Georgia Everett. afternoon sessions for this year’s confer- 3.7s and extracurricular activities, she Everett attended the Bubble, Bubble, ence, and got to be a role model herself. made me feel better. She said as long as I Boil and Puzzle session five years ago Sognier explained to the students that want to go, I will,” said Everett. and is now in her senior year at Clear Everett “was in your chair five years ago. Sognier trains the workshop presenters Creek High School. After a talk with a She’s now made it through high school before the conference every year. She teacher about the goo that Sognier and will be pursuing a science-related makes sure to tell them to “keep in mind designed, she called U.T.M.B. and got field in college.” Everett plans to get that there will be at least one girl whose in contact with Sognier to get the recipe. involved in the medical field. life is changed because of that workshop. The two got to talking and had breakfast Everett said that the conference made That is your inspiration for it.” After find- one morning. Sognier learned that her aware of the many opportunities for ing out that Everett was affected, Sognier Everett plans to attend college and women. She also said that Sognier helped said, “you always know in your heart that pursue a science-related career. her to realize that medical school is attain- you’ve made a difference. But it is very “She is an outstanding young lady,” able. “From someone who scans the rare that you see the person and know that Sognier said. applications at the U.T.M.B., and turns difference has been made.” SPACE CENTER Roundup March 9, 2001 5 Community News Conference provides educators a lesson on space station

ducators from around the world year. ISS Commander Bill Shepherd has Other attendees return to share what got responses such as “I liked best ‘the came to Houston Feb. 9-10 to get been present in some manner for at least they’ve done at their schools. One school time to share and renew your souls,’ Enew ideas on how to integrate the the last five years. He used to communi- converted the entire gymnasium into the and thank you for treating teachers most exciting project at NASA into cate via when living in Star City, ISS for six weeks. Parents were recruited as professionals!” Space Center their lesson plans. then last year he appeared in person. This to build the modules and fifth graders Houston’s major focus is to conduct Space Center Houston’s International year, he promised he would talk from took turns spending three days inside the conference so that the teachers feel Space Station Educators Conference, now outer space and sent down a video the ISS as astronauts and outside like the professionals they are, according in its seventh year, is held for educators to play at the as CAPCOMs. to Tortorici, herself a former teacher. in all disciplines. They attend lectures and conference. The participants leave the conference “Teachers are professionals. Teachers interactive workshops to gather ideas for This boosts the inspired and rejuvenated about their are the beginning. They are the key motivating their students. morale of the career choice. Feedback questionnaires to the future of the space program.” Space Center Houston started the teachers even conference seven years ago, so that the more, according space station would be used in schools to Susan today as a current event. The organizers Tortorici, a believe that teaching science and space all member of the day, while getting the other topics covered, Education Outreach Department at is possible. “Space is exciting,” said Space Center Houston, that Shepherd Kathryn Clark, thinks enough of the conference and the former chief educators that he would take time out scientist of the of a busy schedule to follow through ISS and keynote with their requests. speaker at the The 620 attendees from 42 states, Japan conference. and Canada included teachers, principals, “The more a pre-service teachers and college professors, teacher can museum educators and even the education make it (learn- departments of Marshall Space Flight ing) fun, the better. I’m a huge believer in Center and Kennedy Space Center. The entertaining your audience and then educators that come to the conference are sneaking a little education in when truly dedicated. they’re not looking.” Past attendees have returned to present This amazing conference is a result of workshops, like a music teacher who preparation by NASA, both JSC and came back to explain how she produced a Headquarters, Boeing and many more musical in her hometown about the ISS Diving instructor goes over some diving basics for a simulated ISS underwater construction individuals that help to make it a success. based on the information she received at at Clear Lake High School. Some of the volunteers return year after the conference years before.

JSC Fellowship Program JOHNSON SPACE CENTER EAA PORTRAIT OFFER JSC will again sponsor the JSC TO OUR EMPLOYEES Fellowship Program which provides a select number of employees the opportunity to attend graduate school PICTURE THIS... for one continuous year on a leave The NASA Fellowship pro- with pay basis. The center strongly gram provides an invaluable supports such opportunities because opportunity for exploring A 10X13 FAMILY they contribute to organizational goals new ideas and concepts. through advanced academic training and enhance professional and personal This program is especially PORTRAIT ON growth. The criteria for this beneficial because it allows competitive program include: you to focus completely on ¥ Past performance gaining knowledge away CANVAS in contributing to organizational mission from the distractions and and goals crises of work. Returning to $ ¥ Applicability of the work, applying the knowl- chosen area of study edge gained encourages and its effectiveness in ‘thinking outside the box’ – contributing to the ($2005 value) achievement of JSC’s the very quality that makes mission and goals space programs such an ¥ A brief statement of exciting place to be! DATE: Saturday, March 24 academic purpose from Ð Sharon L. Thomas the applicant PLACE: Gilruth Center, Bldg. 207, ¥ Academic record of the applicant Rms. 204 and 206 ¥ Written recommendation from service agreements requiring a period of the division chief three times the length of training will ¥ Activity level in the employee’s apply to the program. For your convenience, you will also have the opportunity to purchase additional office and the employee’s own Interested employees can request portraits in various sizes. However, there is absolutely no obligation. workload an application from Susan White at Applicants must be permanent extension 37011 and should contact Take advantage of this unique opportunity to have a beautiful family portrait on canvas made of you and your family. Whether you display this gift in your home or at work, we employees with at least three years of their training coordinators for are confident it is something you will enjoy for many years to come. One canvas per continuous civilian service at JSC directorate-specific guidelines. The family is included. Entire family must be photographed for the $5 setting fee. which may include co-op time. complete application package should be Applicants are responsible for their forwarded to Susan White in the Space is limited. Please make your appointment early. application and acceptance to graduate Human Resources Development CALL school and travel expenses. JSC will Branch (AH3) no later than Monday, pay tuition and related fees. Regular April 23, 2001. 1-800-474-3512 Frame not included, but will be available for only $29.95 6 March 9, 2001 SPACE CENTER Roundup Ripped Braddy, Sasser earn Secretarial Excellence Awards

from the everly Braddy of the Space Braddy’s efforts have gone a long way in making the SSVEO Shuttle Program Office run more efficiently during a very dynamic time, including new ROUNDUP B and Carol Sasser of the management for the office, reorganization and hiring Center Operations Directorate of new employees. Ripped straight from the pages of each recently received the old Space News Roundups, here’s Marilyn J. Bockting Secretarial Carol Sasser was recognized in January for her contributions what happened at JSC on this date: Excellence Award in recognition as secretary to the director of center operations. She was selected of their exceptional contribu- to this position in 1998 as the only secretarial support in the tions, professional competence, directorate suite supporting seven directorate-level staff personnel. 1966 and personal dedication. In the short span of slightly more than two years, Sasser has fter two holds, a scrub and a supported four different managers in the high-level position of scrub of a scrub, Saturn/Apollo Beverly Braddy was director, as well as a major reorganization of the entire directorate, A 201 lifted off Launch Complex recognized in December for her and has managed to maintain great functional stability throughout. NASA JSC 2000e00115 by James Blair 34 at Kennedy Space Center last Sat- contributions as the lead secre- Sasser has been actively Beverly Braddy urday at 10:12 am CST for a near tary in the Space Shuttle involved in helping lead a perfect flight some 5000 miles down Vehicle Engineering Office. Continuous Improvement Team the Eastern Test Range to landing 35 The office had been without a to decide the best use of existing miles from the prime recovery ship. lead secretary for more than four months during a period of secretarial resources, which management transition. Through hard work and dedication, she has led to a teaming concept The unmanned suborbital development was quickly able to establish a new action tracking database for requiring another reorganization flight for qualifying the Apollo command the office, synchronize the schedules of the manager and two of the COD secretarial person- module heatshielding, service module deputies, and organize and implement a new filing system, nel. Sasser has been instrumental prime propulsion system, and first flight including employee performance appraisals, training and in working with the secretaries trial for the Saturn IB was postponed technical issues. The action-tracking database Braddy developed to affect a smooth transition in twice from its scheduled launch date of is Web-based and found on the SSVEO homepage and enables this endeavor. ■ February 23 because of poor weather employees and its customers to track and see the status of NASA JSC 2000e00116 by James Blair in the launch area. all SSVEO actions. Carol Sasser The first hold in Saturday’s launch occurred when the count went all the way to zero, but the automatic JSC to observe St. Patrick’s Day JSC observes Black History Month sequencer called for a shutdown at

T-04 seconds when first stage nitrogen On Friday, March 16, the JSC St. Patrick’s NASA JSC 2001-00414-418 Photo by David DeHoyos sphere pressures dropped below Day Observance will be held from 11:30 acceptable limits. a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Bldg. 3 cafeteria. Come hear the St. Thomas Episcopal 1976 School Pipe Band perform. Founded in 1962 by then rector, T. Robert Ingram, to provide ater hyacinths are “bustin” out a unique signature for the school, the St. Thomas Episcopal School Pipe all over the vicinity of a NASA Band began quite humbly. Its first instructor was an itinerant and not a W laboratory and show real promise of providing the raw very good piper. But gradually, over the years, the quality of instruction material for many useful products. and play increased. Now the band is a popular performer at local and That is the opinion of the NASA scien- national events, having played for presidents and the Queen of England. tists who have spent the past year in In 1998, the band won its third Juvenile World Pipe Band Champi- experimentation centered on the onship, establishing it as one of the premier pipe bands aquatic plants as a filtration system for in the United States. purification of polluted waters, as the The band is very active in the Houston community. As a band and source of bio-gas for fuel, as a protein as individuals, the pipers and drummers perform three to four times a and mineral additive to cattle feed, and month. The band has played for the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, the as a soil fertilizer and conditioner. M.D. Anderson Christmas Card Campaign Kickoff Parade, Houston The investigative program is carried out Grand Opera, the Houston Ballet’s Christmas Tree Celebration at the at NASA’s National Space Technology Wortham Center and the Galveston Historical Society’s Dickens on Laboratories, Bay St. Louis, Miss., the Strand Festival. The band is also the unofficial pipe band of the under the direction of biochemist Bill Harris County Sheriff’s Department. The recording group Wolverton, who states in a preliminary report that results substantiate theoreti- The band’s largest local performance is its annual Scottish For the Lord cal data, and that “an expanded Festival held at the Compaq Center. Held in March, the band, along entertains employees research effort might be the start of a with about 150 Scottish dancers from St. Thomas, puts on in the Bldg. 3 permanent solution to present prob- a two-hour Edinburgh Tattoo-style extravaganza. lems such as natural gas shortages, Last summer the band went on a five-week competition tour of cafeteria as part of pollution control and control of exces- Canada and Scotland where it won five first-place prizes out of six con- JSC’s Black History sive plant growth in certain waters, in tests, including the Grade III North American Championship, Month Observance addition to producing large quantities of the Juvenile World Championship, and the prestigious Cowal held Feb. 14. fertilizer from the methane gas produc- Championship, established in the early 1900s. tion process.” Having mastered traditional Scottish music, the band is now embarking into new territory combining keyboards, guitars 1986 and world beat percussion with the pipes and drums to create exciting new music while not forgetting the old. or the first time scientists have Don’t miss this special St. Patrick’s Day performance by this used a team of two spacecraft outstanding band! ■ F in the far outer reaches of our solar system to provide major planetary information.The two spacecraft, Voy- ager 2 and Pioneer 11, conducted operations about two billion miles away from Earth. Voyager 2 scientists JSC Price Gate Price (includes tax) are studying the planet Uranus’ mag- AMC Theaters...... $ 5.00 ...... $7.50 Exchange Store hours Astroworld Early Bird (purchase by June 17) $19.50 ...... $38.96 netosphere, which is shaped by the Monday-Friday solar wind. Pioneer 11, located about Astroworld One Day Admission...... $20.50 ...... $38.96 Bldg. 3 7 a.m.-4 p.m. 558 million miles outside Uranus’ Astroworld 2 Day Admission...... $31.00 ...... $43.29 Bldg. 11 9 a.m.-3 p.m. orbit, monitored the planet’s solar Fiesta Texas Adult...... $21.50 ...... $38.82 ➤ All tickets are nonrefundable. environment to provide a background Fiesta Texas Child (under 48”)...... $18.75 ...... $19.42 ➤ Metro tokens and value cards for interpreting the findings Moody Gardens (2 events)...... $10.75.** ...... $27.01 all day are available. of Voyager 2. ➤ Sweetwater Pecans ** ticket does not include Aquarium Pyramid $6.25 per lb. Moody Gardens - Aquarium only...... $ 9.25 ➤ Chocolate-covered Pecans Sea World adult...... $30.00 ...... $36.75 $8.00 per lb. Sea World child (ages 3-11)...... $20.50 ...... $25.93 For additional information, Space Center Houston...... $ 9.25 ...... $16.18 please call x35350. JSC civil service employees free. Please bring your driver’s Check out our new Web site on the JSC People page at: http://hro.jsc.nasa.gov/giftshop/ license to pay by personal check. SPACE CENTER Roundup March 9, 2001 7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology educator wows White Sands Test Facility audience by Cheerie R. Patneaude said alluding to the feeling of nausea experienced by microgravity flyers on t a joint dinner meeting of the the “Vomit Comet.” White Sands Test Facility’s local Newman presented data on the largest Achapters of the American Institute case study of astronauts-cosmonauts in of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) modern history. She has collected motor and the National Management Associa- control movement on a whopping 20 tion (NMA), MIT Associate Professor astronauts-cosmonauts during the Dava J. Newman, Ph. D., spoke on her combined participation in the Space investigation of human movement and Station, space shuttle flights, and the motor control performance across the International Space Station. She reported spectrum of gravity. She spoke to an that her study began with data from four attentive audience about “Human Space astronauts, so the current pool of Exploration from Mir to Mars,” where information is unprecedented. Newman she highlighted astronaut activities on the collects data on all the movements her space station, as well as preparations for subjects make, including simple a human mission to Mars. movements such as opening doors or Ken Schaaf, president, National Management Association; Dava Newman, Ph. D.; and In the audience were the Las Cruces more complex ones such as falling down. Steve McDougle, treasurer, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, were among and Mayfield High School teams that will Gail Bennett, NMA programs the attendees at the recent joint dinner meeting of the White Sands Test Facility's local AIAA and NMA chapters. Newman, an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, fly on NASA’s KC 135A microgravity co-chair, was “impressed with Dr. spoke to attendees about her investigation of human movement and motor control performance simulator aircraft. They will also be able to Newman’s credibility. Obviously, she across the spectrum of gravity. conduct experiments in microgravity, has worked with many cosmonauts where the students will have about 20-25 and astronauts, and her work is very she had “learned so much,” during the from “10 to 20 kilometers per second seconds of experimenting each time the well-organized and researched. Local lecture. “What interested me the most was with velocities doubling when two airplane achieves microgravity. high school students, who will be flying Dr. Newman’s research into spacesuits, objects collide from opposite directions. Because of their own interest in the on the KC-135 later this year, attended where she considered the drastic tempera- With this kind of velocity, the astronauts skills and experiments that Dr. Newman the meeting and couldn’t wait to talk to ture change from the toes to the torso and need all the protection they can get, had completed, the students were pleased Dr. Newman about her experience on the the torso to the head. I did not realize the possibly at the risk of foregoing dexterity.” to ask subject-related questions. Las Cruces aircraft. I particularly enjoyed the study temperature change was so great in such a White Sands Test Facility’s Honeywell High School student Stephen Smith asked, about how the brain controls reflexes and short distance. I was equally impressed Technology Solutions Inc. Program “if NASA studied John Glenn, then why muscles in zero gravity.” with her research with the flexibility and Manager Bob Baker thought Newman’s isn’t NASA considering using younger Stephen McDougle, AIAA treasurer, dexterity of the future suits. She loves her lecture “was an excellent opportunity for subjects to study the effects of microgravity said about the meeting, “Dr. Newman was work and is impressive.” a local audience to see this kind of cutting- on humans?” very timely with her presentation, and after Don Henderson, project leader, edge technology up close.” Newman replied that the bone loss seeing the interaction with her audience, I hypervelocity, at White Sands Test White Sands Test Facility’s NASA experienced in deep space (between 10 - 40 can see why her students voted for her for Facility, was also impressed with Manager Joe Fries commented on “the percent of bone density) was considered the MacVicar Faculty Fellow Award, Newman’s work. He believes though that insightfulness of the presentation, permanent and therefore harmful. She is MIT’s highest honor for excellence in “a possible limit may exist on what the applicable for us here at the test facility. currently testing a gravity bed, where space undergraduate education. Additionally, suits could do, if they were to be made Dr. Newman reflects a bright future for travelers can sleep while combating the she interspersed her presentation with from a more flexible material. The suits NASA, with passion for her work.” detrimental effects of . firsthand work experience with anecdotes have to protect the astronauts from Fries believes that “we must have vision Newman also gave the students some about Glenn, Aldrin, or Russian cosmo- micrometeoroid and orbital debris. Each like hers for big leaps in technology hard-won advice, “Don’t rush in to conduct nauts. She is enthusiastic about her work, layer works much like a Kevlar¨ vest advancement.” He felt “fortunate in your experiments, wait for microgravity, which she obviously enjoys.” does for a policeman.” Henderson said having AIAA bring in someone with and take the drugs NASA offers you,” she Moira Romansky, NMA member, said that a MMOD’s velocity could range credentials like Dr. Newman’s.” Employees earn Space Act Awards Last year, NASA Headquarters recognized the work of a number of JSC employees with Space Act monetary awards. The awards were presented during a ceremony Feb. 13. The following is a list of recipients. TECH BRIEF AWARDS Chris S. Lovchik William C. Schneider Patrick W. Fink Todd J. Hinkel Compact Linear Drive ($150) James P. Locke Improved Microstrip Patch Antenna and Richard J. Dean Chris S. Lovchik Deceleration Limiting Safety Crash Wall Method ($500) Scott C. Hacker Synthetic Bursa ($350) ($350) James L. Lewis Douglas W. Harrington J. David Jochim J. David Jochim Androgynous, Reconfigurable Closed Loop Remote Pneumatic Press System ($150) Chris S. Lovchik Fail-Safe Electromagnetic Motor Feedback Controlled Low Impact Docking Scott M. Lazaroff Fully Magnetically Actuated Docking Brake ($350) System with Load Sensing Electromagnetic Arturo Vasquez and Refueling Mechanism for Satellite Carl D. Scott Capture Ring ($350) Self-Regulating Fuel Cell Pre-Humidification, Servicing ($150) Visual Control of Arc Process for Carbon Franklin R. Chang-Diaz Water Removal and Product Water Larry W. Abbott Nanotube Production ($350) Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket Engine ($500) Separation System ($150) Gary L. Cox Carl D. Scott Hai D. Nguyen Automatic Control of Arc Process Produc- Michael K. Ewert Patrick W. Fink tion of Carbon Nanotubes ($350) Solar-Powered Refrigeration System ($350) Improved Circularly Polarized Microstrip Universal Mini Controller ($350) Chi-Min Chang Antenna ($150) David J. Homan Dominic L. Del Rosso SPACE ACT BOARD AWARDS Ed Lu Charles J. Gott Double Acting and Locking Jean L. Chretien Display Software Package for JSC Carabiner ($350) Scott M. Smith Variable Shadow Screen for Optical Training Simulators ($350) A Food Frequency Questionnaire for Deter- Devices ($150) Todd J. Hinkel mination of Nutrient Intake During Darby F. Magruder Richard J. Dean PATENT APPLICATION AWARDS Extended-Duration Missions ($300) Video Mosaicking for Pipe Inspection ($150) Scott C. Hacker David A. Wolf Donald L. Henninger Kriss J. Kennedy Douglas W. Harrington Thomas J. Goodwin Douglas W. Ming TransHab Soft Stowage Array ($150) Hydraulic Loading Fixture ($350) Growth Stimulation of Biological Cells Slow Release Fertilizer: Active Synthetic Todd J. Hinkel and Tissue by Electromagnetic Fields and Soil ($400) Kriss J. Kennedy Uses Thereof ($350) TransHab Phase Two Layout: Configuration Carl W. Hohmann Charles J. Gott Concept ($150) Richard J. Dean Robert L. Shuler Jr. David J. Homan Method and Apparatus for Reducing Display Software Package for JSC Training Chatwin A. Lansdowne Scott C. Hacker the Vulnerability of Latches to Single Scatter in Binomial Trials with Skewed Douglas Harrington Event Upsets ($500) Simulators ($1,500) Populations ($150) Pyrotechnic Resistance Welder ($350) Phong H. Ngo Patrick M. O’Neill Scott M. Smith Robert O. Shelton G. Dickey Arndt William X. Culpepper Determination of Ferritin-Iron by ROVer Ranch - An Online Robotics Microwave Medical Treatment Apparatus Gautam D. Badhwar Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Workshop ($350) and Method ($350) Radiation Susceptibility Assessment of Spectrometry (ICP-MS) ($150) NASA Flight Hardware Using High- Kathryn M. Hurlbert William C. Schneider Energy Protons ($7,500) Michael E. Fowler Jr. Rack-Mountable Composite Coldplate James P. Locke Resin Transfer Molded Tool Face ($350) Shelf ($350) Horacio M. De La Fuente Dennis R. Morrison Portable Hyperbaric Chamber ($350) Cell Radiation Experiment System ($350) 8 March 9, 2001 SPACE CENTER Roundup NASA BRIEFS

SPACE MAPPING MISSION CATCHES ANTARCTICA IN MOTION Human Resources reports the following personnel changes: Antarctica may appear to be a land frozen in time, but it certainly is not still. Key Personnel Assignments Steve Nunez joins the International Space Station Pro- Glaciers plow down the continent’s gram, as a special assistant to the ISS program manager. center to the sea, icebergs snap off Debbie Denton-Misfeldt was named chief, and crash into the ocean, and great Human Resources Development Branch, Human Sean Melody joins the Moscow Technical Liaison rivers of ice snake through the ice Resources Office. Office, International Space Station Program, as an sheet, evidence of a dynamic relation- aerospace engineer. ship between this remote continent Additions to the Workforce James Krupovage joins the Administration Office, and global climate. Susan White joins the Human Resources Development White Sands Test Facility, as a computer engineer. A joint NASA and Canadian Space Branch, Human Resources Office, as an academic devel- Chris Allen joins the Crew Station Branch, Flight Projects Agency mission now provides a more opment programs specialist. Division, Space and Life Sciences Directorate, as an comprehensive view of how the Nicole Cloutier, Beth Nischik and Cathy Watson join the acoustics engineer. Antarctic ice sheet moves and Jeff Patrick joins the EVA Project Office, as an EVA changes and may help answer some Public Affairs Office as communications specialists. fundamental questions about this Brian Kubena joins the Flight Design and Dynamics Integrated Product Team ISS increment lead. mysterious place at the end of the Division, Mission Operations Directorate, as an world, including whether the ice sheet aerospace engineer. Promotions is advancing or retreating. Gurpartap Sandhoo joins the Orbit Dynamics Branch, Mara Pena was selected as an administrative The initial mapping campaign, the Flight Design and Dynamics Division, Mission Operations assistant in the Biomedical Hardware Development and 1997 Antarctic Mapping Mission, Directorate, as an aerospace engineer. Engineering Office, Engineering Directorate. resulted in the first high-resolution Matthew Abbott joins the Flight Director Office, Mission Kim Curton was selected as an inventory management radar satellite map of the continent. The second phase, the Modified Operations Directorate, as a flight director. specialist in the Property and Equipment Branch, Logis- tics Division, Center Operations Directorate. Antarctic Mapping Mission, completed Deborah Graham joins the Management Services last November, once again charted Office, Mission Operations Directorate, as a Reassignments to Other Centers Antarctica with space-based imaging computer specialist. radar. This second mission gives sci- Ronald Lentz moves to Headquarters. Christine Worstell joins the Electrical Systems Branch, entists a way to see how the continent Timothy Adams moves to Kennedy Space Center. Systems Division, Mission Operations Directorate, as a has changed over the past three years flight controller. as well as a wealth of new information Reassignments to Other Directorates on the movement of the most active Jordan Metcalf joins the Life Support and Habitability Alison Rickerl moves from the Safety, Reliability, and region, the outer half of the ice sheet. Systems Branch, Crew and Thermal Systems Division, Quality Assurance Office to the Mission Operations Mission scientists are now developing Engineering Directorate, as an aerospace engineer. Directorate. velocity maps showing the direction Michael Baine joins the Propulsion and Fluids Steve Duran moves from the Mission Operations and speed of the ice. They have Systems Branch, Energy Systems Division, Engineering Directorate to the Engineering Directorate. already created the first-ever complete Directorate, as an aerospace engineer. Chirold Epp moves from the International Space velocity maps of the spectacular Tara Ruttley joins the Biomedical Hardware Develop- Lambert Glacier, a sinuous ice stream Station Program to the Engineering Directorate. more than 500 kilometers (311 miles) ment and Engineering Office, Engineering Directorate, as Marcia Kerr moves from the Space Shuttle Program to a life sciences payloads engineer. long, which reaches speeds of more the Engineering Directorate. than one kilometer (about two-thirds Steven Del Papa joins the Thermal Branch, Structures Randall Moore moves from the Mission Operations mile) a year once the ice spreads onto and Mechanics Division, Engineering Directorate, as an Directorate to the Space Shuttle Program. the Amery Ice Shelf. aerospace engineer. Chi-Min Chang moves from the Engineering Directorate They are also beginning to create a Adam Gilmore joins the Structures and Dynamics to the International Space Station Program. new map of Antarctica to compare with Branch, Structures and Mechanics Division, Engineering the one made in 1997. The process Directorate, as an aerospace engineer. Retirements of turning the radar images into Timothy Rupp joins the Structural Mechanical Design/ Betty Holt of the Office of Procurement. map-quality mosaics will take about Analysis Branch, Structures and Mechanics Division, a year to complete. More information Donald Lewis of the Mission Operations Directorate. on the mission is available on the Inter- Engineering Directorate, as an aerospace engineer. Arnold Levine of the Engineering Directorate. net at: Edward Wilson joins the Imaging Science Branch, Clifford Thompson of the Engineering Directorate. http://www-bprc.mps.ohio- Information and Imaging Sciences Division, Information Linda Perez of the Information Systems Directorate. state.edu/radarsat Systems Directorate, as a telecommunications specialist. Bob Nooney of the Center Operations Directorate. Jill Lin joins the Flight Crew Equipment Management Raymond Nieder of the Space Shuttle Program. Office, Space Shuttle Vehicle Engineering Office, Space Resignations Shuttle Program, as a project engineer. NASA TO HOST 32ND LUNAR AND Cathy Dempsey joins the GFE Flight Projects Office,Inter- R S. Brown of the Office of Procurement. PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE national Space Station Program, as an aerospace engineer. Paul Vallejo of the Engineering Directorate. AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER

Ancient life on Mars, oceans on Europa, a rendezvous with an asteroid - these are just a few of the CPS/CAP (Certified Professional Secretary/Certified MARCH 9 many fascinating topics that will be Astronomers meet: The JSC Astronomical Society meets Administrative Professional).For details, contact Elaine Kemp covered at the 32nd Lunar and at 7:30 p.m. at the Boeing Cafeteria in the Boeing Building at at 281-483-0556. Planetary Science Conference, March the end of Space Center Boulevard. For more information Aero Club meets: The Bay Area Aero Club meets at 7 p.m. 12-16, 2001, at the NASA Johnson contact Chuck Shaw at x35416 or go to the website: at the Houston Gulf Airport clubhouse at 2750 FM 1266 in Space Center in Houston. http://www.ghg.net/cbr/jscas/ League City. For more information contact Larry Hendrickson More than 450 scientists will present Chess Club meets: The Space City Chess Club meets at x32050 or check out www.bayareaaero.org. their research at JSC’s Gilruth Center each Friday evening March 16, 23, and 30 from 5:30 p.m. beginning at 8:30 a.m. Monday, March 12. Oral presentations will until 9 p.m. at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church, 16335 MARCH 14 continue through Friday morning, Astronomy seminar: The JSC Astronomy Seminar Club El Camino Real, room 423. All skill levels are welcome. For March 16. Some scientists will also more information, please call James Mulberry at x39287 will meet at noon today, Feb. 21 and 28 in Bldg. 31, Rm. 248A. present their results on posters from or James Termini at x32639. For more information contact Al Jackson at x35037. 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, Spaceteam Toastmasters meet: The Spaceteam in the Bayou Building at the University MARCH 12 Toastmasters meet on March 14, 21 and 28 at 11:30 a.m. at of Houston - Clear Lake. The media Aero Club meets: The Bay Area Aero Club meets at 7 p.m. United Space Alliance, 600 Gemini. For more information are invited to attend both the oral and at the Houston Gulf Airport clubhouse at 2750 FM 1266 in contact Patricia Blackwell at (281) 280-6863. poster sessions. League City. For more information contact Larry Hendrickson MAES meets: The Society of Mexican-American Engineers The conference, which is chaired at x32050 or go to www.bayareaaeroclub.org and Scientists meets at 11:30 a.m. in Bldg. 16, Rm. 111. For by Carl B. Agee of JSC and more information contact Laurie Carrillo at 281-244-5203. David C. Black of the Lunar and Planetary Institute, will also include MARCH 13 Spaceland Toastmasters meet: The Spaceland Toast- presentations on water, glaciers and IAAP meets: The Clear Lake/NASA Chapter of the masters meet on March 14, 21 and 28 at 7 a.m. at the House volcanoes on Mars; earthquakes International Association of Administrative Professionals meets of Prayer Lutheran Church 1515 Bay Area Blvd at Reseda. on Venus; and the effects of past at 5:30 p.m. in the Colonial Room at Grace Community Church, For more information, contact Ava Sloan at 713-768-6336 asteroid impacts on the Earth. 14325 Crescent Landing. Cost is $12. Bonnie House presents or [email protected]

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