1. Johnson Space Center (JSC)

2. Established 1961 as the Manned Spacecraft Center –Renamed 1973 for Lyndon B. Johnson Lead Center for manned spaceflight operations since Gemini Program Employees 17,500 employees Contributes $ 2.4 billion to the local economy Attracts more than 800,000 visitors annually

3. Major JSC Areas / Roles Space Shuttle Program Space Station Program Constellation Program (new) Mission Control Center Astronaut Office & Crew Training Human Performance/Biotechnology in Space Human Exploration of Space White Sands Test Facility, NM Public Information / Education Outreach

4. JSC Career Paths Traditional Administration –Human Resource Specialists –Accountants, Finance, and Budget Analysts –Contracts and Procurement –Physicians, Attorneys –Admin Personnel Unique –Astronauts –Aerospace Technology Specialists EngineersScientists

5. Aerospace Technologists Engineering Areas require minimum of a Bachelors Degree in –Engineering –Math –Physical Science –Biological Science For Life Sciences, a Masters or Ph. D. is highly desirable

6. JSC Organizations AA / Center Director Office BA / Procurement Office CA / Flight Crew Operations Directorate (FCOD) DA / Mission Operations Directorate (MOD) EA / Engineering Directorate IA / Information Resources Directorate (IRD) JA / Center Operations MA / Space Shuttle Program Office (SSP) NA / Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA) OA / Space Station Program Office (ISS) SA / Space Life Sciences Directorate XA / EVA Project Office

7. Mission Operations Directorate DA / Directorate Office DF / Systems* DM / Flight Design and Dynamics* DO / Operations* DT / Training DV / Advanced Operations Development DX / EVA, Robotics, and Crew Systems* * Flight Controllers

8. Engineering Directorate EA / Directorate Office EB / Biomedical EC / Crew and Thermal EG / Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics EP / Energy (Propulsion and Power) ER / Automation, Robotics, and Simulation ES / Structures Engineering EV / Avionics EX / Exploration

9. Major JSC Contracts (subset) SFOC – Space Flight Operations Contract –USA with Boeing sub ESC – Engineering and Science Contract –Jacobs Sverdrup with multiple subs MSOC – Mission Support Operations Contract –Lockheed-Martin JIMMS – JSC Information Mgmt and Media Services –Tessada & Associates with Indyne sub ODIN –Lockheed-Martin

10. Local JSC Contractors (subset) ARES LinCom BioastronauticsLockheed-Martin BoeingNeptec Design Group Booz AllenOceaneering Draper Laboratory Raytheon Training Hamilton Sunstrand SAIC Houston Engineering CenterSPACEHAB ILC Dover Tietronix Jacobs SverdrupUnited Space Alliance

11. JSC Undergraduate Programs Cooperative Education Program Education & Training Cooperative (ETC) KC-135 Undergraduate Student Flight Program Lunar Planetary Institute (LPI) Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science NASA Scholars Program Oral History Project Project ACCESS Summer Clerical Program Undergraduate Scholars Awards for Research (USAR)