Sep 3 1993
From The Space Library
Richard H. Kohrs, director, Space Station Freedom, retired from NASA after 30 years of service. Kohrs was appointed Space Station Freedom director on June 1, 1989. (NASA Release 93-160)
NASA announced a ceremonial ground-breaking for two NASA projects at the Wheeling Jesuit College, Wheeling, West Virginia: the Classroom of the Future and the National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC).
The Classroom of the Future is a leading-edge, educational technology initiative to improve the quality of science, mathematics, and technology education nationwide. It is a laboratory to develop stimulating, interactive multimedia curriculum materials and model preservice and in-service teacher education programs. The NTTC operates a national gateway service that assists U.S. firms in rapidly locating Federal laboratory technology and provides the associated technology transfer assistance. (NASA Release 93-158)
Martin Marietta Corporation, which in one three-week period in August, saw one of its rockets explode soon after launch and two of its satellites lose contact with Earth, announced on September 3 that it was undertaking an internal investigation of all phases of its space division. (W Post, Sep 4/93)
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