Mission
Contacts Arranged by Partner Institutions |
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. The Principal
Investigator, Dr. James M. Russell III, at HU, leads
the science, instrument, and spacecraft teams. AIM data
will be analyzed and prepared for public archiving by
Hampton University with the assistance of GATS Inc.
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Naima Gethers
Hampton University Public Relations Specialist
naima.gethers @hamptonu.edu
757.727.5457 |
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Dianne Robinson
AIM Education & Public Outreach Director
dianne.robinson@hamptonu.edu
757.727.5445 |
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Barbara Maggi
AIM Education & Public Outreach Manager
barbara.maggi@hamptonu.edu
757.727.5869 |
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. LASP scientists will contribute
to the analysis of data from all AIM instruments and will
compare AIM observations of polar mesospheric clouds to
model calculations and to prior and concurrent measurements
from other instruments.
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Emily CoBabe-Ammann
Communications Director
ecobabe@lasp.colorado.edu
303-735-5814 |
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.
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Barron Beneski
VP, Corporate Communications
beneski.barron@orbital.com
703.406.5528 |
Space
Dynamics Laboratory (SDL)
at Utah State University (USU)
SDL/USU
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 |
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.
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Marty McHugh
GATS Chief of Operations
mchugh@gats-inc.com
757.873.5920 |
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Ken Beaumont
Data Manager, SOFIE
k.i.beaumont@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 |
