Johnson Space Center (JSC)

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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)

• 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

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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

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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
• Engineers
• Scientists

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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

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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 (SMA)
• OA / Space Station Program Office (ISS)
• SA / Space Life Sciences Directorate
• XA / EVA Project Office

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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
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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

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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

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Local JSC Contractors(subset)

• ARES LinCom
• Bioastronautics Lockheed-Martin
• Boeing Neptec Design Group
• Booz Allen Oceaneering
• Draper Laboratory Raytheon Training
• Hamilton Sunstrand SAIC
• Houston Engineering Center SPACEHAB
• ILC Dover Tietronix
• Jacobs Sverdrup United Space Alliance

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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)