Jun 7 1990
From The Space Library
NASA canceled a contract with TRW Corporation for the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle, also known as the Space Tug, a spacecraft intended to lift satellites (specifically the Hubble Space Telescope and a proposed X-ray telescope) into higher orbit. The reason given for the cancellation was recent budget pressure facing NASA. (WSJ, Jun 8/90; W Times, Jun 8/90; Sp News, Jun 11-17/90; NASA Release 90-78)
NASA announced that Steven A Hawley had been named Associate Director at Ames Research Center, California. He was selected as an astronaut in 1978 and was the veteran of three Shuttle flights. (NASA Release 90-77)
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