National Aeronautics and Space Administration rLyndono B. Johnson uSpace Centern dup 28 3 6 0 0 E 6 1 0 S S I SA A N 2007 year in review JANUARY 2008 ■ volume 47 ■ number 1 It’s been almost 30 years since the day I arrived at Johnson Space Center, eager to begin my career as a newly named NASA astronaut. I remember the sense of awe and pride I felt as I realized the opportunity I had been given.

or Today, my pride in America’s space program and respect for the people who make it such a success are stronger than ever.

t The public sees the results of our hard work every time we launch or land a space shuttle and during challenging spacewalks to construct the International Space Station. That’s a very small part of the

c picture. What I see on a daily basis is the unparalleled commitment of this workforce to push the boundaries of our knowledge as we explore the universe. As we begin this new year, I encourage you to reflect on all this great team accomplished

e in 2007. This year, despite a three­month delay due to hail damage, we flew three of four scheduled shuttle missions, accomplishing most of the objectives planned in the original manifest. The effort of the full NASA team led us to the point where we were ready to r fly four flights this year, when few people thought we could. The team was ready, and

i the station and shuttle crews were ready. In the end, the hardware was not, and we reaffirmed our commitment to flying only when we’re ready to fly by delaying Atlantis’ December mission into the new year. We sent Suni Williams, Clay Anderson, Peggy Whitson and Dan Tani to live and work aboard the station. And we made a little history d with two female commanders in space simultaneously: Peggy commanding the space station and Pam Melroy commanding Discovery. But the new year is also about looking toward the future. We have five shuttle missions

C on the books for this year, including a much­anticipated return to the Hubble Space Telescope. The space station will grow dramatically as we complete a significant portion of our international partner contributions with the addition of European, Japanese and Canadian components and an enhanced environmental system, setting the stage for a S six­person crew capability. The year 2008 will see us focused on our future in space. Constellation is moving J forward aggressively with the development of the Orion spacecraft and the Ares launch vehicles. Next year we will see hardware being built and ground­based testing of launch pads taking place in Florida! Men and women from all walks of life will visit JSC next year as we begin the selection process for the Astronaut Class of 2009. They will bring their hopes, dreams and experiences with them, much as the class of 1978 did so many years ago. But this class will train specifically for long­duration flights aboard station and possibly lunar missions as well. On the cover My wish for the new year is for our continued shared success as we push the boundaries Space Shuttle Discovery of exploration. JSC is blessed with strong community support and a workforce unlike approaches the International any other I have seen. I look forward to working with all of you in the upcoming year. Space Station during STS­ 120 rendezvous and docking operations. The Harmony node is visible in Discovery’ s cargo bay. The Constellation Program is on track to meet the agency’s objectives of flying a new spacecraft to the

space station no later than 2015, and to the moon no later 524730E7002CSJ than 2020. In 2008, the program will transition into an exciting phase, with the focus shifting more toward hardware development and the real smoke and fire of testing.

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Missile Range in New Mexico. S J ■ Signed a contract for the nerve system of the Ares I SA A rocket. That puts all components of the crew launch stack N under contract, including the Orion spacecraft, Ares I Workers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center have begun demolition work at the Space Propulsion Facility near first stage and upper stage and the J­2X engine and Plum Brook, Ohio, that will shake, bake, freeze and blast instrumentation unit. the Orion spacecraft with sound waves to test its ability to stand up to the rigors of spaceflight. ■ Completed a full review of the launch stack, making sure that all of the pieces are well­integrated to accomplish their mission objectives. ■ Completed a bottoms­up review of the Orion spacecraft concept and got the “go” from NASA Administrator Mike Griffin to proceed with the preliminary design process. ■ The government and Lockheed Martin team took a detailed on 2 9 9

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test pad in New Mexico, Plum Brook spacecraft testing l Mars and other destinations in our solar system. facility in Ohio, A­1 engine test stand in Mississippi This artist’s rendering represents a concept of an abort and the operations and checkout spacecraft assembly flight test of the Launch Abort System.

facility in Florida. e ■ Began construction of a Lightning Protection System around launch pad 39­B at Kennedy Space Center. t ■ Accomplished testing and test preparations for: ■

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roundup 3 Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 The next chapter in our safety and security Only a few months ago, Johnson Space Center started its campaign to inform JSC team members about the upcoming new security features that will be implemented with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD­12). Now that vision for increased security is becoming a reality, with waves of change moving across the center. “NASA has exceeded the 95 percent mark for initiating background investigations on applicable civil servant and contract employees. We have also enrolled more than half of our employees in the new badging system,” said Walter Hussey, NASA HSPD­12 Program director. “The JSC Security Office will continue to 04

enroll the workforce in preparation for issuance of a new 411E7002CSJ badge. The actual process of providing NASA employees with the new NASA badge will be accomplished in the

coming months, once technical issues are resolved. JSC IRALB/SA will continue to use the current NASA badges until the new badging process is complete.” AN JSC Security Officer Johannes Ragin checks the badge of an HSPD­12 mandates that all government agencies employee coming on site. must implement security controls and measures under the direction of the National Institute of Standards and But you won’t notice changes just at your computer Technology. Issued Aug. 27, 2004, HSPD­12 was hailed workstations. as the answer to audits showing that the government “Access to most controlled access areas, such as the lacked adequate network security for Information Mission Control Center, simulators, etc., will soon Technology (IT) operations. In addition to stringent require a user PIN in addition to the badge proximity IT security, physical security elements at the center will reader,” said Tom Miglin, JSC and White Sands Test be vastly improved. Facility HSPD­12 Implementation deputy manager. “In order for JSC to become compliant with HSPD­ No one at JSC will be immune to the changing 12, there are several steps that need to be completed. security climate. The most immediate step is completing background “All systems, applications, facilities and users will be investigations on all individuals, civil servants, impacted by HSPD­12,” Vernon said. “This is a contractors, foreign nationals, etc., that access the JSC complete change in our physical and IT security processes facility for more than 180 days or access NASA’s IT and procedures, which will result in a cultural (shift).” systems and information,” said Lynn Vernon, chief of Although an implementation plan of this scale carries the Information and Applications Systems Division and some risk for possible complications migrating to the new JSC HSPD­12 Implementation manager. system, the future rewards will outweigh the immediate The advent of the smartcard, a badge equipped with headaches. a computer chip to store information, will add a new “Each phase of the implementation carries a risk to layer of security that did not previously exist. Before, operations. We are working to continually minimize this you only needed a log­in ID and password to access a risk by providing consistent and better communications computer system. to all of the affected community,” Vernon said.

roundup 4 Communications process improvements

As a result of the tragic workplace incident on April 20, JSC Director Mike Coats solicited feedback from the NASA

community on ways to improve communications throughout SA AN the center in the event of an emergency or crisis. These suggestions were compiled from e­mails and town hall meetings I N M E M O R Y O F with all JSC team members and management officials. The W. D A V I D B E V E R LY results of the findings were compiled into a Building 44 1 9 4 4 ­ 2 0 0 7 Incident Report and Corrective Action/Process Improvement Plan. Most of these improvements have been implemented, and the remainder should be implemented this year. Below On April 20, are a few of the major improvements that were put in place. Johnson Space Center

■ Created the JSC Emergency Awareness (JEA) Web site, tragically lost one which includes up­to­date information straight from the of its family members, Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Other features include emergency blogs, or channels, such as “Daily David Beverly. Emergency Events,” which contains information on He was a well respected, current emergencies phoned into the EOC. There is also highly regarded a “Hurricane Season” blog, which has information specific to what JSC is doing concerning hurricane threats. As an NASA engineer who

added feature, the JEA blogs contain RSS feeds. You can supported the space program have updates automatically sent to your RSS feed reader. The JEA Web site is linked from the JSC Home page, or for over 25 years. it can be found at http://jea.jsc.nasa.gov/. David had many friends

■ Implemented capability for Emergency Notifications to and coworkers

be broadcast as a banner on NASA TV Channel 3 and across the agency. all TV channels broadcast at JSC. His memorial, held ■ Developed an internal communications protocol to in JSC’s Teague Auditorium, notify employees of threatening situations as quickly and accurately as possible. was April 25.

■ Created the Resolving Issues Web site, which documents what to do if an employee has an issue that needs to be brought forth to management, and the various channels one can use to get assistance for different types of conflict in the workplace. The Resolving Issues Web site can be found at http://resolvingissues.jsc.nasa.gov/.

■ Included critical situation overview/response/terminology into the Annual JSC Security Refresher Training for all JSC team members.

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Happy birthday, NBL! E 7 0 0 2 C S The best kind of party to celebrate the Neutral Buoyancy J A W

Laboratory’s (NBL’s) 10 years of operation would have to be O S /

one that the lab specializes in—a pool party! The first NBL SA A run, or training exercise, was completed Jan. 7, 1997. Its N NBL workers share in the celebration of their one­of­a­kind training official dedication was June of that year. Since then, the facility’s 10th birthday. specialized underwater training facility and lab has enjoyed an illustrious, albeit somewhat short, history. been there a million times before. It’s only when you glance up and see the Aurora Borealis or the Himalayas that you “When you look at the history of neutral buoyancy training, realize you’re no longer in the NBL!” from Gemini to station, you can really see the tremendous importance this type of training facility has to the agency. A facility of this magnitude takes extensive coordination to International Space Station assembly would have been nearly run smoothly. impossible without the use of neutral buoyancy training,” said “EVA training at the NBL is extremely complex. There are Chris Borne, NBL deputy operations manager for over 200 people working in the facility. In addition to the Oceaneering Space Systems. “You just can’t get this type of people that work at the NBL, we interface extensively with training in any other environment on the planet. The exact our users in the Mission Operations Directorate, the ‘where’ and ‘how’ we fall in for future programs is still to be Astronaut Office and others to meet their needs and ensure determined, but I can’t imagine starting that journey without that training and testing is as safe and accurate as possible,” including the NBL in the mix.” said Ronald Lee, chief of the NBL. “We are also extremely The massive pool is not for the faint of heart. The NBL was safety conscious, since our daily operations are inherently sized to perform two activities simultaneously. It is 202 feet in risky. Having a good working relationship with the safety length, 102 feet in width and 40 feet in depth. The behemoth community is vital. The NBL is one of the more hazardous human aquarium holds 6.2 million gallons of water. Even at facilities we operate at JSC, and the NBL team’s dedication this size, the International Space Station, at 350 feet by 240 to safety and our mission makes it a world­class facility.” feet when complete, will not fit inside the NBL. Its record speaks for itself. In the past three years, the NBL “Simply put, the NBL is my hands­down favorite place in all has not had a lost workday injury in over 75,000 hours of of Johnson Space Center. It’s here that you really immerse diving operations. yourself, literally and figuratively, into the space environment NBL team members know that they are doing great work for while still tethered to Earth,” said astronaut Scott Parazynski, NASA’s space program every time they hear that their efforts who has trained the most hours in the facility. “As soon as my made the “real deal” a seamless transition. visor drops below the surface of the water, for all intents and purposes I’m floating outside the station: the fidelity of the As Lee said, “It is great to hear the astronauts tell us, after mockups is near perfect, down to the labels on the handrails their mission, that their spacewalk was just like being in the and the physical clocking of the countless connectors. When NBL…but without the bubbles.” you’re actually outside doing a real EVA, it feels like you’ve

roundup 7 Outreach ty i Johnson Space Center was very active in its own neighborhood of “Space City” by being involved within the community and showing a NASA presence at a variety of sporting events, special n events and other outreach opportunities. But JSC didn’t stop there—efforts were made to reach throughout the nation and

u spread the story of this great space program, and to show the generous spirit of our team members in action. 12 Sporting Events (approximately 2.8 million people reached) 550E7002CSJOS The JSC team was heavily involved with sports­related activities m in 2007, with visits to the

center from the Houston YOHED/SA Astros, Rockets and Comets.

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m football when Nebraska native Houston Astros players Roy Oswalt (left) astronaut Clay Anderson greeted and Jason Lane visited Johnson Space 39

550E7002CSJOS Center for a tour of the facilities and to University of Nebraska fans with meet with fans.

o a message from the International Space Station. JSC continued JSC team members had the special opportunity to mingle with to broaden its horizons in the YOHED/SA Houston Astros players and get

c sports arena with other unique autographs signed in the café.

opportunities: AN JSC reached out to Grand Prix racing fans ■ JSC developed a nationwide Grand Prix racing campaign that with interactive exhibits throughout the country. extended NASA’s message to racing fans through partnerships with other NASA centers. During the campaign, JSC reached events in Houston, Cleveland, San Jose and Wisconsin with the cooperation of Ames Research Center, Glenn Research Center and various volunteers. At all of the Grand Prix events, NASA’s exhibit displayed an actual shuttle tire, a spacesuit display for photo opportunities and information on how NASA spinoffs have helped the automotive industry.

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roundup 8 DD O T / SA A N The JSC exhibit has been a fixture at Rodeo Houston every year.

■ JSC was honored at a NASA Night with the Houston Rockets on Feb. 5. The previous year, Houston Rockets star Tracy McGrady had received the unique chance to check out the kind of training astronauts go through to prepare for flight alongside avid sports fan and astronaut Bob Curbeam. At the special courtside ceremony this 63

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about the future of space exploration. Astronaut Sunita A S A Williams reached out to the running community when N she took part in the Boston Marathon while aboard the station, orbiting over 200 miles above the other runners.

Special Events (approximately 2.4 million people reached) JSC participated in several local special events this year, including Rodeo Houston, India Fest, Wings Over Houston and the 68 Ballunar Liftoff Festival. For each event, JSC provided exhibits 701E7002CSJ that allowed employee volunteers to interact with visitors and share NASA’s mission while astronauts signed autographs.

IRALB/ASAN JSC also had a national presence, supporting events such as the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in October. In a joint effort with Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA provided an exhibit Johnson Space Center gets into the spirit of showcasing the Robonaut and other special items, such as a photo the rodeo as one of the many hitching posts for the annual trail ride. booth, shuttle orbiter model, an inflatable Crew Exploration Vehicle and more. Over a million visitors stopped by the NASA exhibit to learn about what's in store for the future of space exploration.

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repaired a torn solar array on the truss, enabling the full deployment of the array. The crew and ground teams also worked on a problem 75

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SA A metal shavings were discovered. Samples of the shavings N returned with Discovery for further analysis. In the meantime, use of the joint will be limited to occasional Williams, Mastracchio and station Flight Engineer adjustments for optimal position in relation to the sun. Clayton Anderson, with the help of their crewmates, made four spacewalks to accomplish the construction Expedition 15/16 Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson tasks. The spacewalkers also completed work in returned to Earth from the space station aboard STS­120. preparation for upcoming assembly missions, such as That flight carried his replacement, Expedition 16 Flight relocating an equipment cart and installing support Engineer Daniel Tani, to the station. Tani will return equipment and communication upgrades. home on STS­122. During the mission, a new system that enables docked Discovery landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida shuttles to draw electrical power from the station to at 12:01 p.m. CST on Nov. 7. extend visits to the outpost was activated successfully. Because the system worked, two additional days were added to Endeavour’s mission. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez­Alegria and Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin of the 14th International Space Station STS­120 Launched: Oct. 23 crew docked to the station at 12:21 a.m. CDT on

STS­120’s 15­day mission added a key component to Sept. 20, 2006, to begin their six­month stay in the the International Space Station and featured an orbiting laboratory. unprecedented spacewalk to repair a damaged solar array. With Tyurin at the controls, the Soyuz TMA­9 spacecraft

“This mission demonstrates the value of having humans docked smoothly at the aft port of the Zvezda service in space and our ingenuity in solving problems,” said module. With them was American Anousheh Ansari,

Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space who was flying under contract with the Russian Federal

Operations, NASA Headquarters. “The teams on the Space Agency. She was the first female spaceflight ground worked around the clock, along with the crews participant to visit the station. in space, to develop a plan to fix the array. Our high The new crew members were greeted by the Expedition level of preparedness gave us the edge necessary to make 13 crew, Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA this a successful mission.” Science Officer Jeff Williams, as well as a third

Discovery’s crew of Commander Pam Melroy, Pilot Expedition 14 crew member, European Space Agency

George Zamka and Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski, astronaut Thomas Reiter of Germany. Reiter arrived at

Doug Wheelock, Stephanie Wilson, Clayton Anderson the station aboard Discovery on the STS­121 mission. and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli An out­of­this­world golf shot was part of the mission delivered the Node 2 module, known as Harmony. following a five­hour, 38­minute spacewalk. Lopez­ Harmony will provide attachment points for European Alegria and Tyurin performed the spacewalk from the and Japanese laboratories to be added in 2008. Pirs Docking Compartment airlock on Nov. 23, 2006,

In addition to Harmony’s installation, Discovery’s crew and finished up with a golf shot that merited a high­ performed three spacewalks and relocated the P6 truss flying birdie rating. The golf shot was sponsored by a and solar arrays to their permanent position on the left Canadian golf company through a contract with the side of the station. During the fourth spacewalk, the crew Russian Federal Space Agency.

roundup 13 ns o i s 23 s 3 2 2 E i 5 1 0 S S I SA A N While docked with the International Space Station during STS­118, Space Shuttle Endeavour’s orbital maneuvering system m Expedition 15 pods and vertical stabilizer are highlighted in this image. Launching on April 7 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Discovery’s STS­120 mission brought up to the station Kazakhstan aboard their Soyuz TMA­10 spacecraft, Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel Tani, who replaced Expedition 15 crew members, cosmonauts Fyodor Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson. Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov, began their nearly six­month STS­120 Commander Pam Melroy and Expedition 16 stay orbiting the planet. Commander Peggy Whitson made history on Oct. 25 There to welcome them to their new home among the stars when the hatch between the space shuttle and orbiting was the crew of Expedition 14, Michael Lopez­Alegria and outpost was opened. They became the first female Mikhail Tyurin, as well as Flight Engineer Sunita Williams. spacecraft commanders to lead space shuttle and space

While on orbit, Williams set new records for the longest­ station missions concurrently. duration spaceflight by a woman and for clocking the most Whitson also made the record books again, inching out number of hours during a spacewalk by a female astronaut. Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams’ record by (However, her spacewalk record was later broken by clocking the most cumulative spacewalk time by a woman. Peggy Whitson on Expedition 16.) In April, Williams Flight Engineer Léopold Eyharts, a European Space laced up her running shoes and participated in the Boston Agency astronaut from France, will join Expedition 16 Marathon, running on a treadmill nearly 200 miles as a flight engineer after launching to the station aboard above the runners on the ground. Williams’ high­flying Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS­122. experiences came to an end when she returned to Earth aboard Atlantis on the STS­117. The Canadarm2 (center) and solar array panel wings on the International Space Station are visible during the mission’s first Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson replaced Williams as a spacewalk while Space Shuttle Endeavour was docked with the member of the expedition after catching a ride up on the station during STS­118. same mission that later brought Williams home. Expedition 16 The Expedition 16 crew of Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at sunset on Oct. 10 in a Soyuz TMA­11 spacecraft. With this launch, Whitson became the first female commander of an expedition crew. 45 9 1 2 E 5 1 0 roundup 14 S S I SA A N NASA Johnson Space Center Economic Impact in Texas Fiscal Year 2007 While Johnson Space Center has earned a global reputation for achievements in space exploration, less evident are the economic benefits the institution brings locally and to the State of Texas. JSC ’s role is a vital part of the regional and state economies. Here are some highlights:

PROGRAM OBLIGATIONS ($B) OBLIGATIONS % Space Shuttle 2.1 44% International Space Station 1.2 26% Exploration 0.8 17% Institutional Overhead 0.4 8% Other 0.3 5% Total 4.8 100%

• In Fiscal Year 2007 (FY07), JSC obligated a total of $4.8 billion, or about one ­third of the agency total. • About $4.1 billion of the total obligation ($4.8 billion) was for contracts and grants. • 94 large businesses performed portions of the contracts totaling slightly more than $2.7 billion in Texas. • $123 million went to 129 small businesses working in Texas. • JSC obligated almost $30 million on grants, contracts and agreements with Texas universities and education institutions in FY07. • JSC did over $41 million in business with women ­owned businesses in Texas. • Nearly $49 million was spent on contracts performed in Texas by veteran ­owned businesses. • Nearly $31 million of JSC funding in FY07 was obligated on grants, contracts and agreements with nonprofit organizations.

Johnson Space Center Economic Impact of Civil Service Workforce in FY07

TOTAL NUMBER ESTIMATED INCOME COMMUNITIES OF EMPLOYEES OF EMPLOYEES (Dollars in Millions) Webster 76 7.2

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