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Hampton University (HU)
Hampton University (HU) is the prime contractor with NASA and manages the programmatic aspects of the project, including the NASA interface, the subcontracts to the University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) and other participating universities, project reporting to NASA and manages other administrative efforts required. AIM data will be analyzed and prepared for public archiving by Hampton University with the assistance of GATS Inc.
James M. Russell III, Principal Investigator, leads the science, instrument, and spacecraft teams.
John McNabb, Project Data Center (PDC) Manager
Dianne Q. Robinson, Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Director
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Naima Gethers
Hampton University Public Relations Specialist
naima.gethers@hamptonu.edu
757.727.5457
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Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA GSFC)
NASA Public Affairs Representatives for the AIM Mission
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Cynthia O'Carroll
Public Affairs Officer
cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov
301.286.4647 |
Kennedy Space Center (NASA KSC)
Launch Services Program
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George Diller
george.h.diller@nasa.gov
321-861-7643 |
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado
LASP will build two instruments for the AIM mission, the Cloud Imaging and Particle Size (CIPS) instrument and the Cosmic Dust Experiment (CDE). LASP also designs and builds the Instrument Payload Interface (IPI). LASP will manage the AIM mission and will control the satellite after launch.
Cora Randall, CIPS Principal Investigator
Mihály Horányi, CDE Principal Investigator
Mike McGrath, AIM Project Manager
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Emily CoBabe-Ammann
Communications Director
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Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC)
Orbital is responsible for two key elements of the AIM Mission: the spacecraft and the Pegasus launch vehicle. Orbital’s Space Systems Division will complete the design and development, and will manufacture and test the AIM spacecraft at Orbital’s Dulles, Virginia satellite manufacturing facility.
Dave Oberg, AIM Spacecraft Program Manager
Bryan Baldwin, Pegasus Program Manager
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Barron Beneski
VP, Corporate Communications
beneski.barron@orbital.com
703.406.5528 |
Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) at
SDL designs, fabricates and calibrates the solar occultation instrument, SOFIE (Solar Occultation for Ice Experiment).
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Karen Wolfe
Public Communications
Karen.Wolfe@sdl.usu.edu
435.797.4622 |
Utah State University (USU)
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Mary-Ann Muffoletto
Public Relations Specialist
maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu
435.797.1429 |
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
The Upper Atmospheric Physics branch of NRL's Space Science Division is an internationally recognized center for the study of radiative, chemical and dynamical processes in the Earth's middle and upper atmosphere. NRL brings this expertise in data analysis and modeling to AIM.
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Janice Schultz
janice.schultz@nrl.navy.mil
202.767.2541 |
GATS, Inc.
GATS, Inc. provides overall project data management leadership. AIM data will be analyzed and prepared for public archiving by Hampton University with the assistance of GATS, Inc.
Larry Gordley, SOFIE Principal Investigator
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Marty McHugh
GATS Chief of Operations
mchugh@gats-inc.com
757.873.5920 |
George Mason University (GMU)
George Mason University's role in the AIM mission is to help define and accomplish the science and measurement objectives of the project, in particular those related to understanding the water budget in the polar mesosphere. This involves utilizing chemical/dynamical models along with relevant observations to quantify the relative contribution of gas phase chemistry, surface chemistry, and sublimation/condensation to the water budget in the vicinity of Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs). Understanding the water budget in the polar mesosphere is a prerequisite for understanding how PMCs form and evolve, and also for understanding how they respond to changing global atmospheric conditions.
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Daniel Walsch
Director, Media Relations
http://ur.gmu.edu/media.html
703.993.8785 |
