1. Dr. Jon Morse Astrophysics Division Director Science Mission Directorate NASA Headquarters November 18, 2008 NASA’s Astrophysics Program American Astronautical Society
2. NASA and SMD President’s Budget Request FY09-FY13
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7. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2006 jointly to John C. Mather, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA, and George F. Smoot, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA "for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation" . NASA’s Astrophysics Program does Nobel Prize-class Science Dr. Mather explains COBE data
26. SMD Organization (DRAFT) Chief Scientist (Paul Hertz) - Lead for Research* (Max Bernstein) - Lead for E/PO** (Paul Hertz-Act) Strategic Integration & Management Division Dir. (D. Woods-Act) Dep. (Vacant) Heliophysics Division Dir. (R. Fisher) Dep. (V. Elsbernd) Astrophysics Division Dir. (J. Morse) Dep. (R. Howard) Associate Administrator (AA) (Ed Weiler) Deputy AA (Chuck Gay) Deputy AA for Programs (Mike Luther) Draft: August 13, 2008 AAA for Strategy, Policy & International (Marc Allen) Blue dashed boxes denote individuals who report to other organizations, but support SMD Senior Advisor (Colleen Hartman) Deputy AA for Management (Roy Maizel) Resource Management Division Dir. (C. Tupper-Act) Dep. (Vacant) * = Co-located from Planetary Science Division ** = Co-located from Earth Science Division Chief Engineer (K. Ledbetter) Safety & Mission Assurance (P. Martin) Earth Science Division Dir. ( M. Freilich ) Dep. (M. Luce-Act) Dep. Science ( R. Friedl ) Applied Science ( T. Fryberger ) Research (J. Kaye) Flight (S. Volz) Planetary Science Division Dir. (J. Green) Dep. (J. Adams) Mars Program (D. McCuistion)