May 15 1991
From The Space Library
NASA announced the selection of IBM Federal Sector Division, Houston, for a contract to provide as many as 48 ground-based, mission operations main frame computer systems, peripheral equipment, and services. (NASA Release C91-o)
NASA announced the selection of Pacific Corp Capital, Inc., Reston, Virginia, for a contract for Institutional Automatic Data Processing (IADP). [ADP was to support the Johnson Space Center, Houston, and the White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico. (NASA Release C91-p)
USA Today featured an article on Challenger Centers for Space Science Education, which use simulated space missions to teach elementary and middle school students science, mathematics, teamwork, and technology. More than 10,000 fifth graders a year use the Greenbelt, Maryland center. (USA Today, May 15/91)
According to AP, a General Accounting Office report stated that NASA improperly managed hazardous wastes, creating pollution problems that must be corrected at some of its nine centers. (AP, May 15/91)
PR Newswire reported that Loral Space Information Systems awarded Control Data a $6.5 million contract for a Flight Analysis and Design System to modernize mission planning for NASA's Space Shuttle program. (PR Newswire, May 15/91)
According to AP, the Magellan space probe completed its main nine-month radar survey of Venus, mapping 84 percent of the surface. In the second phase, the remaining surface was to be covered. (AP, May 15/91)
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