Nov 28 1986
From The Space Library
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, awarded an $8.9 million five-year contract to Calspan Corporation for operation of the Marshall Problem Assessment Center and the Safety Issue Assessment Center. Under the contract, Calspan would receive problem reports and safety issues from the contractors of Marshall's numerous projects, check the accuracy and completeness of the reports, track the closeout of proposed corrective actions, perform trend analysis and special study into causes of problems and safety issues, and appraise Marshall management on a daily basis. (NASA Release 86-163)
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, announced four key appointments in the Science and Engineering Directorate, in an effort to meet the goal of getting the Space Shuttle back to fu11 operation. Dr. Judson A. Lovingood was named Associate Director for Propulsion Systems, with responsibility for propulsion projects for the Space Shuttle Main Engine, Solid Rocket Booster, External Tank, Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle and upper stages. E. Ray Tanner was named Associate Director for Space Systems, with responsibility for assuring engineering adequacy of the Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope, Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, and Marshall Center-assigned payloads and Spacelab payload integration. John P. McCartney was named Director, Propulsion Laboratory to oversee research and development, engineering, and technical direction of propulsion systems design, and analysis related to launch and space vehicles. Dr. George F. McDonough was named Director, Structures and Dynamics Laboratory with responsibility for research and development in structural design and analysis of launch and space vehicles, analysis dynamics behavior, specification of dynamics-related design criteria, and analysis of atmospheric and environmental processes. (NASA Release 86-164)
A Tracking and Data Relay Satellite lost transmitting capability on an S-band single-access antenna, SA-1, which provided voice and data links to low Earth-orbiting satellites, including the Shuttle. Services were switched to the remaining antenna, SA-2, and little or no data loss to customers occurred. (NASA Release 86-175)
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