Dwayne C. Brown
Headquarters, Washington, DC                     June 16, 1999
(Phone: 202/358-1726)

RELEASE:  99-71

NASA SELECTS KEY SPACE FLIGHT MANAGERS

    NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight Joseph
Rothenberg has announced several management changes, effective
immediately, in the Office of Space Flight at NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC.

    William Readdy, former Director for Space Shuttle
Requirements, has been appointed Deputy Associate Administrator
for the Office of Space Flight. His primary duty will be to handle
the day-to-day management of personnel and program activities.
Readdy is a veteran of three space flights: STS-42 in 1992, STS-51
in 1993 and STS-79 in 1996. He remains on flight status and is
eligible for future Space Shuttle missions.

     Michael Hawes, formerly NASA's chief engineer for the space
station, has been named Deputy Associate Administrator for Space
Development (Space Station). Hawes' primary duties will include
directing the space station budget, establishing and implementing
station policy, coordinating external communications and serving
as liaison to the Administration, Congress, industry and NASA's
international partners.

     Hawes joined NASA in 1978 and served as the manager of
utilization and operations in the former space station office in
Reston, VA.  Before that, he served in several technical and
managerial positions at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston,
TX.  He has coordinated the integration of payloads on the Space
Shuttle, served as Payload Officer for several Shuttle missions
and was a member of the mission control team for the re-entry of
Skylab in 1979.

    Norm Starkey has been named Director for Space Shuttle
Requirements.  His primary duties will include directing the Space
Shuttle budget, establishing and implementing Shuttle policy,
coordinating external communications and serving as liaison to the
Administration, Congress, industry and NASA's international
partners. Starkey returns to the Office of Space Flight after
serving as the Executive Director for the Aerospace Safety
Advisory Panel since August 1996.

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