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1990 News Release
 
Editor's note:
This archive is missing some press releases from 1990 through 1994, though the archive ostensibly links to those files. We are working to resolve the problem and apologize for the inconvenience.

1/2/90
+ ASTRONAUT CREW NAMED INTERNATIONAL MICROGRAVITY MISSION

1/3/90
+ ADVANCED TRACKING AND DATA RELAY SATELLITE PHASE B REP RELEASED

1/5/90
+ TRULY MAKES KEY APPOINTMENTS

1/8/90
+ NASA AND JAPAN SIGN GEOTAIL AGREEMENT

1/13/90
+ EARLY COBE RESULTS IN ACCORD WITH BIG BANG THEORY

1/16/90
+ FIRING "OLD" SHUTTLE ROCKET MOTORS HAS BENEFITS FOR FUTURE

1/17/90
+ 1990 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES SELECTED

1/18/90
+ RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS TO MONITOR COLUMBIA RE-ENTRY

1/19/90
+ NASA ANNOUNCES PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS FOR SPACELAB IML-1 MISSION

1/24/90
+ MANAGEMENT OF POLAR PLATFORM TO CHANGE
+ LONG DURATION EXPOSURE FACILITY SHOWS FEW SURPRISES
+ PROPOSALS SOUGHT FOR SATELITE SERVICER FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION

1/25/90
+ SCIENCE PAYLOAD COMMANDERS NAMED: CARTER REPLACES LEAVE IB IML-1

1/26/90
+ GLOBAL OUTPOST, INC., TO STUDY USES OF SHUTTLE EXTERNAL TANKS

1/28/90
+ NASA RELEASES JANUARY 1990 PAYLOAD FLIGHT ASSIGNMENTS MANIFEST

1/30/90
+ INTERNATIONAL SPACE YEAR EDUCATION CONE TO HELD IN FRANCE

2/1/90
+ SCIENTIST REPORTS POLLUTION IN CLOUDS CAN COOL EARTH'S CLIMATE
+ NASA SELECTS EIGHT RESEARCH SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS PROPOSALS
+ NEW DIRECTIONS NAME FOR INTERNATIONAL AND INDUSTRY RELATIONS

2/2/90
+ GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY SET FOR SHIPMEN TO FLORIDA LAUNCH SITE

2/5/90
+ NASA SELECTS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROJECTS

2/12/90
+ VICE PRESIDENT EMPHASIZES WHITE HOUSE SPACE COMMITMENT

2/13/90
+ CLOSE-UP INSPECTION OF LONG DURATION EXPOSE FACILITY BEGINS

2/14/90
+ NASA ACQUIRES SUPERSONIC SR-71s ON LOAN FROM USAF
+ TRULY PROMOTES SCIENCE AND MATH DURING NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK

2/20/90
+ UCAR TO STUDY POSSIBLE USES OF EXTERNAL TANKS
+ ROSAT SPACECRAFT ARRIVES AT FLORIDA LAUNCH SITE
+ ASTRONAUT MULLANE TO RETIRE FROM NASA, AIR FORCE

2/23/90
+ PIONEER 11 PASSES NEPTUNE'S ORBIT, LEAVES SOLAR SYSTEM
+ COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL REFERENCE HAS SPACE AND EARTH APPLICATIONS

2/26/90
+ VETERAN SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT WILLIAMS TO RETIRE FROM NASA, NAVY

2/28/90
+ AERONAUTICS/EXPLORATION/TECHNOLOGY OFFICES MERGER COMPLETED
+ MARTY KRESS TO HEAD NEWLY ORGANIZED LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS OFFICE

3/1/90
+ ASTRONMICAL TELESCOPES FOR NASA SPACECRAFT ARRIVE AT GODDARD
+ NASA "FIRST" MARKS 75 YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT

3/6/90
+ PETERSON NAMED DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AMES RESEARCH CENTER

3/9/90
+ NASA REVISES SPACE SHUTTLE MANIFEST

3/15/90
+ HUBBLE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM ESTABLISHED

3/13/90
+ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ADDRESSES GLOBAL BURNING
+ HIGH-SPEED TRANSPORT ACCEPTANCE LINKED TO TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS

3/16/90
+ STUDY DETECTS POSSIBLE OZONE LOSS OVER ARTIC
+ GODDARD TROPHY CERMONY PLANNED AT WHITE HOUSE

3/23/90
+ NASA F-15 DEMONSTRATES SELF-REPAIRING FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM

3/29/90
+ SCIENTIFIC ADVANCE MONITORING OF GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURES

3/30/92
+ NASA CALLS FOR MIDDECK LOCKER MODULE PROPOSALS

4/2/90
+ NASA AND ROCKWELL SIGN AGREEMENT FOR EDO PALLET
+ NASA ADMINISTRATOR INVITES LOCAL STUDENTS TO SHUTTLE LAUNCHES

4/9/90
+ NASA ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTS ROSS AS LEWIS CENTER DIRECTOR
+ GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER DIRECTOR PLANS RETIREMENT
+ TRULY APPOINTS KLINEBERG ASA DIRECTOR OF GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
+ X-29 SHOWS UNEXPECTED MANEUVERABILITY IN "HIGH-ALPHA" FLIGHT

4/11/90
+ NASA DEDICATES HUMAN PERFORMANCE LAB AT AMES RESEARCH CENTER

4/13/90
+ NASA EXPERIMENT TO BRIGHTEN EASTER SKY

4/15/90
+ RICHARD NAMED DEPUTY ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR COMMUNICATIONS

4/19/90
+ NASA ENGINEERS AND MARINE SCIENTIST TEST BAY CLEAN- UP TECHNOLOGY

4/20/90
+ NASA SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS TO OBSERVE COMET AUSTIN

4/23/90
+ LAUNCH DATE SET FOR CONSORT 3
+ NASA F-16XL AIRCRAFT LAMINAR FLOW STUDIES SET TO BEGIN

5/1/90
+ APOLLO 204 SPACECRAFT TO BE STORED AT CAPE CANAVERAL OF STATION

5/2/90
+ NASA NAMES TAYLOR CHIEF SCIENTIST FOR FREEDOM SPACE STATION
+ NINE FIRMS NAMED NASA EXCELLENCE AWARD FINALISTS

5/3/90
+ TWO COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES TO BE LAUNCHED IN MAY

5/7/90
+ TRULY PRESENTED SPACE MODEL BY CANADIAN SCHOOL
+ ROSAT SPACECRAFT TO EXPLORE HIGH ENERGY UNIVERSE

5/8/90
+ NASA STUDIES EFFECT OF TROPICAL-FOREST BURNING OF GREENHOUSE GAS

5/14/90
+ NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO DEVELOP ADVANCED SOLID ROCKET MOTOR

5/17/90
+ CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPS PLANETARY ROBOT FOR NASA
+ ULYSSES SPACECRAFT ARRIVES AT CAPE TO BEGIN LAUNCH PREPARATIONS

5/24/90
+ DOD/NASA ANNOUNCE NATIONAL AERO-SPACE PLANE CONTRACTOR TEAM
+ SHUTTLE CREWS NAMED FOR 1991 MISSIONS (STS-43, STS-44, STS-45)

5/25/90
+ NEW ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT DIVISION ESTABLISHED AT NASA AMES

5/31/90
+ NASA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES EXPLORATION OUTREACH PROGRAM
+ SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRMA PHASE 11 ANNOUNCED
+ APOLLO 204 CAPSULE TO REMAIN AT THE LANGELY RESEARCH CENTER

6/7/90
+ VETERAN ASTRONAUT HAWLEY TO ACCEPT EXECUTIVE POSITION AT AMES
+ ORBITAL MANEUVERING VEHICLE PROGRAM IS TERMINATED

6/11/90
+ NASA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CONSORTION OF MINORITY UNIVERSITIES

6/12/90
+ NASA ANNOUNCES FIRST NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CONFERENCE

6/13/90
+ NASA ANNNOUNCES NEXT STEPS IN SPACE EXPLORATION OUTREACH PROGRAM

6/14/90
+ MAKING FRESH VEGETABLES ON LONG DURATION SPACE TRAVEL
+ COMMERCIAL EXPERIMENT TRANSPORTER PLANNED

6/20/90
+ NASA/USAF X-29 RESEARCH AIRCRAFT SET FOR PUBLIC VIEWING

6/21/90
+ NASA'S JET PROPULSION LABORATORY TEST PLANETARY ROVER
+ CONTEL TO TRANSFER TITLE OF TDRESS TO NASA

6/22/90
+ NASA SELECTS 37 STUDENTS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

6/27/90
+ NASA CHOOSES INDUSTRY/UNIVERSITY IN_SPACE TECHNOLOGY STUDIES

6/29/90
+ HYDROGEN LEAK DISCOVERED ON SHUTTLE ATLANTIS

7/2/90
+ CONTROLLED REST PERIODS SHOWN TO IMPROVE PILOT ALERTNESS
+ HUBBLE BOARD OF INVESTIGATION NAMED

7/3/90
+ NASA, ORBITAL SCIENCES COROPORATION SIGN AGREEMENT

7/6/90
+ NASA TO CONDUCT SOUNDING ROCKET CAMPAIGN IN KWAJAEIN

July - 1990
+ COMBINED RELEASE AND RADIATION EFFECTS SATELLITE (PRESS KIT)

7/6/90
+ SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR POWERED-ON

7/9/90
+ SHUTTLE CREW COMMANDERS REASSIGNED

7/10/90
+ CRERES LAUNCH SET FOR ULY TO STUDY "EARTHSPACE"

7/12/90
+ CRRES LAUNCH DELAYED ONE TO TWO WEEKS

7/18/90
+ NASA TO FEATURE AERONAUTICS AND SPACE AT EAA CONVENTION

7/18/90
+ SPACE SHUTTLE DRAG CHUTE TEST SET TO BEGIN AT AMES -DRYDEN

7/23/90
+ PIONEER STUDIES LIGHTNING ON VENUS
+ U.S. AND CANDIAN SCIENTISTS COOPERATE IN ATMOSPHERIC STUDY

7/24/90
+ NEW MOON DISCOVERED ORBVITING PLANET SATURN

7/25/90
+ STATEMENT BY NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATO ON LAUNCH OF CRRES/ATLAS-1

7/27/90
+ U.S. AND U.S.S.R. AGREE ON OZONE MONITORING FROM SPACE
+ NASA AND JAPAN AGREE ON NEW AREAS OF SPACE COOPERATION

8/2/90
+ FINARELLI NAMED ACTIND HEAD OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS

8/6/90
+ NASA SELECTS MICROGRAVITY MISSION PAYLOAD SPECIALIST CANDIDATES

8/ 6/90
+ NASA ANNNOUNCES 1990 SPIP

8/13/90
+ HST TAKES FAMILY PORTRAIT OF STARS OUTSIDE MILKY WAY

8/14/90
+ NASA, C&P AND STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPPORT PROJECT LASER

8/20/90
+ NASA ESTABLISHES SPACE COMMERCE STEERING GROUP

8/22/90
+ ADVANCED LAUNCH SYSTEM ROCKET ENGINE DEFINED + RESPONSE TO SET OUTREACH PROGRAM STRONG, NASA SAYS

8/23/90
+ FLIGHT TEST PROVE CONCEPT FOR JETLINER FUEL ECONOMY

8/27/90
+ SPACE FLIGHTS MAHON TO RETIRE

8/29/90
+ HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE RESOLVES GASEOUS RING AROUND SUPERNOVA
+ HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE PEERS INTO CORE OF DISTANT GALAXY
+ ASTRONAUT MCCULLEY TO RETIRE FROM THE NAVY AND LEAVE NASA

8/31/90
+ NASA TO TEST GAS IONIZATION THEORY OVER SOUTH PACIFIC

9/10/90
+ ASTRONAUT MCCANDLES RETIRES FROM NASA, NAVY

September - 1990
+ ULYSSES PRESS KIT

9/14/90
+ MISSION TO PLANET EARTH FEATURED IN EDUCATION VIDEO BROADCAST

9/17/90
+ JOINT NASA, USGS AND SOVIET TEAM TO STUDY RUSSIAN VOLCANOES

9/18/90
+ PIONEER 10 MARKS NEW EPOCH IN SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION

9/19/90
+ NASA AWARDS EDUCATION RESEARCH GRANTS
+ NASA NAMES SPACE SHUTTLE HYDROGEN LEAK INVESTIGATION TEAM

9/21/90
+ HOT EARLY EARTH EVIDENCE MAY CHANGE LIFE EVOLUTION THEORIES
+ COBE ENTERS NEW PHASE OF OPERATIONS AFTER HELIUM DEPLETION

9/25/90
+ U.S. AND U.S.S.R. CONTINUE SPACE BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE COOPERATION

9/27/90
+ NASA AND FAA SIGN AVIATION RESEARCH AGREEMENTS
+ NASA SELECTS CONTRACTOR FOR ADVANCED VIDEO SYSTEMS R&D
+ NASA TO COSPONSOR SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE

10/1/90
+ NASA ROSAT IMAGER RETURNS SUCCESSFUL FIRST LIGHT PICTURES

10/2/90
+ ALDRICH NAMED OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS BY NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSTIY

10/3/90
+ NASA SELECTS CENTERS FOR LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH

10/4/90
+ NASA TO CONDUCT THRUST VECTORING RESEARCH FLIGHTS

10/11/90
+ 1990 ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE EQUALS LOWEST PREVIOUS LEVELS

10/12/90
+ U.S./U.S.S.R. SPACE MEETINGS TO BE HELD

10/17/90
+ LUNAR MINING COULD PROVIDE FUTURE ENERGY SOURCE FOR EARTH
+ COBE SPACECRAFT TAKES FIRST IMAGE OF INTERSETTLER DUST

10/19/90
+ MAGELLAN TO TEMPORARILY HALT RADAR MAPPING OF VENUS

10/22/90
+ NASA TECHNOLOGIES BENEFIT MEDICAL ORTHOPEDIC SCIENCE

10/24/90
+ NASA RENAMES EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR GEORGE M. LOW

10/25/90
+ NASA SELECTS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROPOSALS
+ NASA PRESENTS EXCELLENCE AWARD TO ROCKWELL AND MAROTTA
+ HUBBLE TO OBSERVE SATURN'S GREAT WHITE SPOT

10/30/90
+ TECHNOLOGY 2000: NASA OUTREACH TO AMERICAN TO AMERICAN BUSINESS

11/2/90
+ NASA, TADCORPS SIGN INFORMATION EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

11/5/90
+ NEW AMES RESEARCH CENTER DEPUTY DIRECTION TO HEAD AMES-DRYGEN

11/13/90
+ NASA SELECTS INVESTIGATION FOR CASSINI SATURN ORBITER MISSION

11/14/90
+ NASA TO USE WORLD'S FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER

11/26/90
+ NASA SELECTS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROJECTS

11/26/90
+ NASA AND HONEYWELL CONDUCT AUTOMATED LANDING RESEARCH
+ NASA RECEIVES AWARD FOR MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

11/29/90
+ NEW TREATMENT EASES OF SPACE MOTION SICKNESS
+ REVIEW OF U.S./JAPAN SPACE COOPERATION

12/3/90
+ NASA AWARDS COMMERCIAL MIDDECK AUGMENTATION MOCULE CONTRACT

12/5/90
+ NASA RELEASES DECEMBER 1990 MIXED FLEET MANIFEST

12/12/90
+ ASTRONAUT SPRINGER RETIRES FROM NASA, MARINE CORPS

12/17/90
+ NASA HIGHLIGHTS OF 1990
+ NASA LEADERSHIP MEETS WITH TASK FORCE

12/18/90
+ TRULY TO IMPLEMENT IMMEDIATELY SOME COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

12/19/90
+ NASA ANNOUNCES CREW MEMBERS FOR FUTURE SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHTS

12/20/90
+ NASA SELECTS PROJECTS FOR COMMERCIAL USE OF REMOVE SENSING

12/26/90
+ SPACE STATION INEGRATED DESIGN REVIEW COMPLETED