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Old July 2nd 03, 10:31 PM
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Default Shuttle program manager announces personnel changes

July 2, 2003

Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
Phone: 281/483-5111



Release: #J03-76

SHUTTLE PROGRAM MANAGER ANNOUNCES PERSONNEL CHANGES

Space Shuttle Program Manager Bill Parsons today announced several key
leadership changes within the office as it reorganizes and evolves following
the Columbia accident.

"This is a critical time for the agency and the shuttle program and I
believe these changes and additions to my staff prepares us to return to
flight as soon as possible and, most importantly, as safely as possible,"
Parsons said.

N. Wayne Hale, Jr., is named Acting Deputy Manager, Space Shuttle Program.
He will return to the Johnson Space Center from the Kennedy Space Center
where he has served as Manager, Launch Integration, since February.

Hale joined NASA JSC in 1978 and has served in several senior technical and
managerial positions. He began his managerial career in 1985 as Head,
Communications Systems Section. From 1988 to 2002 he served as a flight
director including the Ascent and Entry Flight Director for 28 Space Shuttle
flights. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1976
from Rice University and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical
Engineering in 1978 from Purdue University.

Steve M. Poulos, Jr., becomes Acting Manager, Orbiter Project Office at JSC.
He joins the shuttle program from the Engineering Directorate where he most
recently was Chief, Crew and Thermal Systems Division.

Poulos joined NASA JSC in 1989 and has held positions including Deputy
Chief, Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Equipment Branch, and Chief, EVA and
Spacesuit Systems Branch in the Engineering Directorate; Deputy Manager, EVA
Project Office; and Deputy Manager, Program Integration Office,
International Space Station Program. He earned his Bachelor of Science in
Metallurgical Engineering in 1982 from Penn State University and a Master of
Business Administration in 1992 from the University of Houston - Clear Lake.

Edward J. Mango becomes Deputy Manager, Orbiter Project Office. He has been
the technical assistant to the Space Shuttle Program Manager on detail from
the Kennedy Space Center.

Mango joined NASA at the Kennedy Space Center in 1986 and has held positions
that include Lead Project Engineer for the External Tank and Solid Rocket
Motors; Lead Project Engineer for Atlantis during the Shuttle-Mir Program;
Shuttle Project Engineer; and Shuttle Launch Manager. Most recently he
served as the Recovery Director for the Columbia debris recovery effort in
East Texas. Mango earned his Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering in
1981 from Parks College of Saint Louis University and a Master of Science in
Engineering from the University of Central Florida in 1993.

John P. Shannon is named Acting Manager, Flight Operations and Integration.
Most recently, he served as Lead Flight Director on Discovery's STS-102
mission in March 2001. Following Columbia's accident, Shannon served as the
Deputy Director of the Columbia Task Force that served as the interface
between NASA and the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

Shannon joined NASA JSC in 1987 and has served in several senior technical
and managerial positions. He began his managerial career in 1992 as Head,
Guidance and Control Systems Section. From 1993 to 2003 he served as a
flight director, including Ascent and Entry Flight Director for 11 Space
Shuttle flights. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering
in 1987 from Texas A & M University. In 2002 he was selected to participate
in the inaugural class of the JSC Leadership Development Program. In
addition, he has been selected to attend the Harvard Program for Management
Development through the NASA Fellowship Program.

John F. Muratore is named Manager, Systems Integration Office. He most
recently was Assistant to the Director of Engineering at JSC.

Muratore joined NASA JSC in 1983 and has held positions including Chief,
Reconfiguration Management Division, Space Shuttle Flight Director, and
Chief, Control Center Systems Division in the Mission Operations
Directorate; and Associate Director and Deputy Manager, Advance Development
Office within the Engineering Directorate. He earned his Bachelor of Science
in Electrical Engineering in 1979 from Yale University and a Master of
Science in Computer Science in 1988 from the University of Houston - Clear
Lake.

Parsons replaced Ron Dittemore as Space Shuttle Program Manager last month
(NASA Release #H03-164).

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