16 September 2002 18:58
Former Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. Joins SAIC As Senior Vice President and Program Manger; A Veteran of Two Space Shuttle Missions and an International Space Station Mission
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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2002--Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) Space, Earth
and Atmospheric Sciences (SEAS) Group today announced that Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., USN (ret) has been named senior
vice president and program manager of the Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance (SR&QA) contract at the National
Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. In this role, Culbertson will be
responsible for overall management of the SR&QA contract, drawing upon his extensive experience in NASA human space
flight operations. The SR&QA contract provides support to the Space Shuttle and International Space Station
programs. "Frank Culbertson's management experience, leadership and background in human space operations make
him exceptionally qualified in his new role at SAIC," said Neil Hutchinson, SAIC senior vice president and manager
of the SEAS Group. Prior to joining SAIC, Culbertson had a distinguished career as a NASA astronaut, which includes
logging more than 144 days in space on his three space flights and more than five hours of extra-vehicular activity
(space walk) time. In 1999, Culbertson was selected to command the third expedition to the International Space Station.
That mission was launched in August, 2001, and returned to Earth in December, 2001. Culbertson and his two Russian
crewmates lived and worked in space for 129 days and he commanded the Space Station for 117 days. In 1994, Culbertson
was named deputy program manager of Phase 1 of the Shuttle-Mir program, and became manager of the program the following
year. The joint U.S.-Russian program was a precursor to the International Space Station. During this period, Culbertson
was responsible for a multi-national team which built the flight hardware, developed the joint procedures for seven
American astronauts who worked aboard the Mir for more than 30 months, and executed nine Shuttle docking missions to the
Russian Space Station Mir. In 1984, Culbertson was selected as a NASA astronaut and was a member of the NASA team that
investigated the Challenger accident. His subsequent assignments included lead spacecraft communicator in the Mission
Control Center for seven Shuttle missions. Culbertson piloted the Atlantis on STS-38 in 1990 and was commander of STS-51
aboard Discovery in 1993. This mission deployed two satellites, retrieved one satellite and conducted a seven-hour
spacewalk in preparation for an upcoming Hubble telescope repair mission. He also executed the first night landing of a
Shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center. Culbertson is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Naval Test Pilot
School. His Navy career includes several carrier deployments and tours as an instructor pilot and automatic carrier
landing test pilot. He has logged more than 6,500 hours flying time in 50 different types of aircraft and has made more
than 350 carrier landings. He retired as a U.S. Navy Captain from active military duty in 1997. SAIC is the
nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company, providing information technology, systems
integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex
technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care
and transportation. With annual revenues of $6.1 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies,
have more than 40,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found
on the Internet at www.saic.com . Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results,
performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk
factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2002, and such other
filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.
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