Feb 19 1991
From The Space Library
NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, awarded Metric Constructors, Inc., of Tampa, a $56,215,000 contract to build the Space Station Processing Facility. The 457,000-square-foot facility was to contain preflight and processing points for Space Station Freedom as well as 63,000 square feet of dedicated payload processing space. (NASA Release C91-h)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, Director John M. Klineberg announced that Peter T. Burr had been named Deputy Director of the Center. Burr had served as Director of Flight Projects at Goddard since August 1989. (NASA Release 91-28)
NASA released its first in a new series of educational video products entitled "Space Basics," illustrating orbital science. A teacher's guide is also avail-able. NASA planned that each future Shuttle mission would have a teacher's guide, "Mission Watch," and, following the mission a summary report, "Mission Highlights." (NASA Release 91-29)
NASA officials reported that a quality inspector had discovered a cracked hinge in a fuel line door of Shuttle Discovery. The effect of the finding on Discovery's tentative launch date of March 9 was unknown. (UPI, Feb 19/91; AP, Feb 19/91; B Sun, Feb 20/91; W Post, Feb 20/91; NY Times, Feb 20/91; WSJ, Feb 20/91; USA Today, Feb 20/91; W Times, Feb 20/91; UPI, Feb 20/91)
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