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1991 News Release
 
Editor's note:
This archive is missing some press releases from 1990 through 1994, though the archive ostensibly links to those files. We are working to resolve the problem and apologize for the inconvenience.

1/2/91
+ NASA AND ESA SIGN AGREEMENT FOR A JOINT SATURN MISSION
+ SATELLITE RELEASE PLANNED IN STUDY OF AURORAL DISPLAYS

1/6/91
+ FINARELLI NAMED HEAD OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS
+ ASTRONAUT FISHER TO LEAVE NASA
+ TRULY ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL ACTIONS TO IMPLEMENT REPORT

1/13/91
+ COBE MAPS INTERSTELLAR MATERIAL IN MILKY WAY GALAXY
+ NASA SELECTS SCIENTISTS FOR SETI MICROWAVE OBSERVING PROJECT

1/15/91
+ HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE STUDIES MASSIVE STAR IN NEIGHBORING GALAXY

1/16/91
+ CRRES EXPERIMENTS CONTINUE AFTER FOUR SUCCESSES

1/23/91
+ SUPERBOWL JUMBOTRON SCREEN EMPLOYS NASA TECHNOLOGY
+ UNDERWATER TESTS GATHER DATA TO HELP SPACESUIT DESIGN

1/24/91
+ MAGELLAN MAPPING OF VENUS PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT NEW KNOWLEDGE
+ NASA NSF TO DEVELOP ANTARTIC SPACE ANALOG

1/27/91
+ INDUSTRY TEAM SELECTED FOR COMET COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

1/28/91
+ NASA SELECTS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROPOSALS

1/29/91
+ HIGHWAY MAPPING SYSTEMS DEVELOPED BY NASA COMMERCIAL CENTER

1/31/91
+ NASA ASTRONAUTS RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTICS AWARDS

2/3/91
+ NASA RELEASES FEBRUARY 1991 MIXED FLEET MANIFEST

2/5/91
+ TWENTY-SIX SPACE GRANT STATE CONSORTIA SELECTED
+ NASA TO PLAY KEY ROLE IN NATIONAL COMPUTING INITIATIVE

2/6/91
+ TRULY DELIVERS NASA BUDGET REQUEST TO CONGRESS
+ ADDITIONAL CRRES RELEASES PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY

2/10/91
+ GERMAN SATELLITE TO BEGIN U.S. SCIENCE MISSION

2/11/91
+ NASA LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR EXPLORATION

2/13/91
+ NASA INVENTOR OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCED

2/14/91
+ GODDARD ANNOUNCES CONTRACT TERMINATION

2/18/91
+ BURR NAMED GSFC DEPUTY DIRECTOR
+ SPACE AGE LEARNING TOOLS AVAILABLE

2/20/91
+ SCIENTISTS FIND RARE ISOTOPE ON NASA SPACECRAFT

2/21/91
+ MEGELLAN COMPLETES MAPPING OF VENUS HIGHLAND REGION
+ NASA CONFIRMS 1990 OZONE HOLE EQUALLED PREVIOUS LOWEST

2/25/91
+ JOUST 1 COMMERCIAL LAUNCH SET FOR MARCH 29
+ U.S. AND CANADA SIGN RADARSAT EARTH OBSERVATIONS PROJECT OFFICE
+ JSC ESTABLISHES FREEDOM OPERATIONS PROJECT OFFICE

2/26/91
+ FIRST NEW SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE TURBOPUMP TESTED

3/3/91
+ ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP SELECTED FOR OCEAN DATA CONTRACT

3/7/91
+ NAMES OF NOTABLE WOMEN TO BE PROPOSSED FOR VENUS FEATURES
+ ARNOLD NAMED DEPUTY FOR NASA COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS OFFICE

3/13/91
+ ARCJETS YIELD BETTER PERFORMANCE LONGER SATELLITE LIFE

3/14/91
+ NASA TERMINATED OPERATION OF EXPLORER SATELLITE

3/17/91
+ MANEUVER TO TARGET GALILEO FOR ASTEROID FLYBY

3/20/91
+ NASA ISSUES MODIFICATIONS TO SHUTTLE MANIFEST
+ SPACE STATION FREEDOM RESTRUCTURING PLAN COMPLETED
+ SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY WINS AXAF CONTRACT

3/26/91
+ NASA TO FEATURE SPACE STATION FREEDOM AT PARIS AIRSHOW

3/28/91
+ HOT SPOT, VOLCANIC-LIKE FEATURES INDENTIFIED ON VENUS
+ MAGELLAN ACHIVES PRIMARY MISSION OBJECTIVE EARLY

4/4/91
+ TEACHER-IN-SPACE FLIGHT DECISION DELAYED UNTIL 1992
+ FIRST SUBSCALE ADVANCED SOLID ROCKET MOTOR TEST FIRING SET

4/5/91
+ PROPOSALS REQUESTED FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTER

4/9/91
+ ASTRONAUT GARDNER TO HEAD USAF TEST PILOT SCHOOL

4/11/91
+ VENUS DESCRIBED AS VOLCANIC AND GEOLOGICALLY ACTIVE

4/14/91
+ STS-39 DISCOVERY LAUNCH DATE SET

4/17/91
+ NASA INDUSTRY TO DEVELOP REMOTE SENSING FIREFIGHTING AID

4/18/91
+ SHUTTLE CREW ASSIGNMENTS ANNOUNCED
+ NASA SEEKS MORE COMMERCIAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
+ GALILEO ANTENNA DEPLOYMENT STUDIED BY NASA

4/21/91
+ NASA TO LAUNCH NOAA-D METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE
+ LORAL AWARDED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDER CONTRACT

4/23/91
+ NEW U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR TO ROLLOUT

4/24/91
+ ENDEAVOUR FUND TO BE USED FOR TEACHER FELLOWSHIPS

4/25/91
+ MAGELLAN SCIENTISTS STUDY SURFACE OF VENUS
+ NASA LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAMED

5/1/91
+ NASA SELECTS PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS FOR SPACELAB MISSION
+ NEW ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES SOUGHT BY NASA
+ ASTRONAUT MARY CLEAVE JOINS NASA ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT

5/6/91
+ EIGHT FIRMS NAMED GEORGE M. LOW TROPHY FINALISTS

5/8/91
+ NASA DISCOVERS IMPACT LIKELY TIED TO DINOSAUR'S DEMISE
+ NOAA-D PRESS KIT

5/12/91
+ HISTORIC NASA AIRCRAFT RETIRES TO STAR IN NEW MUSEUM
+ SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OFFICE CREATED IN LINE WITH AUGUSTINE REPORT

5/13/91
+ NASA TO TEST FLIGHT-WEIGHT AERO-SPACE PLANE COMPONENT

5/19/91
+ ASTRO MISSION TO REFLY

5/23/91
+ ARTIFICIAL EARTH AURORA EXPERIMENT RESULTS TO BE PRINTED
+ SPRING PLANTING AND CROP HARVEST TIME UNDERWAY AT NASA
+ NASA TO REVIEW SENSOR PROBLEM, TRULY SAYS COLUMBIA READ TO FLY

5/27/91
+ NEW TRANSPORT VEHICLE ALLOWS MORE TIMELY ORBITER EGRESS
+ NASA SCIENCE INSTRUMENT OBSERVING GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
+ ULYSSES TO BEGIN JUPITER PHYSICS INVESTIGATIONS

5/28/91
+ MAGELLAN MAPPING OF VENUS RESULTS REPORTED
+ IMAGES REVEAL INTENSE HOT STARS IN LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD
+ NASA STUDY PAVES WAY FOR CONTROL OF CRIPPLED AIRCRAFT

5/30/91
+ ASTRONAUT LOUNGE TO LEAVE NASA

6/5/91
+ TRULY RESPONSE TO HOUSE FLOOR VOTE ON SPACE STATION

6/6/91
+ PLANET-ALTERING IMPACTS REVISE THEORY ON ORIGIN OF LIFE

6/10/91
+ NASA SCIENTISTS DISCOVER METAL ASTEROID NEAR EARTH
+ LANGLEY TEAM CONTRIBUTOR TO PRENATAL CARE TECHNOLOGY

6/13/91
+ GRO SPACECRAFT GRABS FIRST TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY

6/17/91
+ FULL-SCALE AIRCRAFT TESTED IN WORLD'S LARGEST WIND TUNNEL

6/19/91
+ 114th SCOUT ROCKET LAUNCH SET

6/20/91
+ TRULY NAMES NEW ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR PROCUREMENT

6/23/91
+ FIRST ADVANCED X-RAY ASTROPHYSICS FACILITY MIRROR SHIPPED

6/24/91
+ NASA TRACKS 4800-MILE VOLCANIC CLOUD FROM MOUNT PINATUBO

6/26/91
+ IRAS REVEALS MOST LUMINOUS OBJECT EVER SEEN IN SPACE

6/27/91
+ GALILEO TO SET COURSE FOR INCOUNTER WITH ASTEROID GASPRA
+ VENUS LAVA FLOW 5/ SIMILAR TO CURRENT EARTH ERUPTIONS
+ ASTRONAUT O'CONNOR TO LEAVE NASA

6/30/91
+ SCOUT/REX LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL

7/1/91
+ NASA TO PROBE VOLCANO'S EFFECTS ON GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE

7/2/91
+ ASTRONAUT COATS TO LEAVE NASA

7/4/91
+ SOVIET SPACE OFFICIALS TO VISIT NASA FACILITIES

7/7/91
+ ULYSSES SETS COURSE FOR JUPITER FLYBY
+ CHEMICAL RELEASES FROM SATELLITE PLANNED IN JULY

7/8/91
+ NASA'S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER TO STUDY SOLAR ECLIPSE

7/10/91
+ UNITED STATES AND SPAIN SPACE COOPERATION AGREEMENT
+ NASA EXPANDS FRONTIERS OF FLIGHT AT FAA CONVENTION

7/14/91
+ UNIQUE TWIN-COCKPIT SR-71B TO ARRIVE AT AMES-DRYDEN

7/15/91
+ AVIATION SAFETY REPORTING SYSTEM CREATES SAFER SKIES
+ NASA'S LDEF YIELDS HARVEST OF SPACE SCIENCE DATA

7/21/91
+ NASA ROCKETS TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL CLOUD STUDY

7/22/91
+ NASA IN-STEP PROGRAM EXPERIMENT TAKES FIRST FLIGHT ON STS-43

7/24/91
+ NASA OBSERVATORY DETECTS STRONGEST GAMMA RAY SOURCE

+ SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE DAMAGED IN GROUND TEST

7/25/91
+ NASA AND DOE SIGN SPACE NUCLEAR POWER AGREEMENT
+ NEW MAGELLAN RADAR IMAGES OF VENUS RELEASED

7/28/91
+ NASA GLOBAL CHANGE STUDY RAISES NEW QUESTIONS

7/30/91
+ EARLY HUBBLE SERVICE VISIT NOT SCHEDULED
+ U.S. AND U.S.S.R. EXPAND SPACE COOPERATION

8/4/91
+ NASA F/A-18 FLIES FIRST THRUST VECTORING FLIGHT

8/5/91
+ JSC EXECUTES SPACE STATION WORK PACKAGE MODIFICATIONS

8/6/91
+ NASA TESTS NEW WINDSHEAR WARNING SYSTEM

8/7/91
+ U.S. AND ARGENTINA SIGN SPACE COOPERATION AGREEMENTS

8/11/91
+ SOVIETS TO LAUNCH NASA INSTRUMENT TO STUDY OZONE LEVELS (RELEASE ONLY BRIAN DUNBAR/DOLORES BEASLEY

8/12/91
+ NASA OPENS NEW COMPUTER RESEARCH CENTER

8/13/91
+ NASA X-RAY TELESCOPE TO BE LAUNCHED ON JAPANESE SPACECRAFT

8/15/91
+ ULYSSES TO USE RADIO TO PROBE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE

8/19/91
+ NASA RELEASES MIXED FLETT MANIFEST
+ NASA PROJECT TO MEASURE CHANGES IN GREENLAND'S POLAR GLACIERS
+ NASA PROGRAM SPONSORS MOCKUP COMPETITION
+ NASA PLANS ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE GALILEO ANTENNA PROBLEM

8/22/91
+ NASA ANNOUNCES CREW MEMBERS FOR FUTURE SHUTTLE FLIGHTS

8/23/91
+ NASA AA FOR HUMAN RESOURCES AND EDUCATION APPOINTED

8/27/91
+ NASA ASSOCIATED ADMINISTRATOR FOR EXPLORATION APPOINTED

8/30/91
+ CONFERENCE SET TO DISCUSS ADVANCED SEI TECHNOLOGIES
+ MAGELLAN DISCOVERS LONGEST CHANNEL IN SOLAR SYSTEM

9/6/91
+ EDUCATION TELECAST TO FEATURE SPACE EXPLORATION
+ SCIENTISTS DISCOVER ANTI-GREENHOUSE EFFECT ON TITAN

9/10/91
+ NASA APPOINTS SPACELAB PAYLOAD SPECIALIST

9/11/91
+ AXAF MIRRORS SUCCESSFULLY TESTED AT X-RAY CALIBRATION FACILITY
+ PRESIDENT BUSH TO ADDRESS STUDENTS ON NASA SELECT TV

9/12/91
+ NASA USA TODAY DISCOVERY CHANNEL LAUNCH EDUCATION PROGRAM
+ NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR RESIGNS

9/13/91
+ NEW OFFICE OF SPACE FLIGHT DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCED

9/19/91
+ EARLY RESULTS FROM LIFE SCIENCES MISSION SHOW NEW DISCOVERIES

9/23/91
+ NASA RENAMES GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORY IN HONOR OR COMPTON
+ U.S. SOVIET SPACE ARTISTS EXCHANGE SET

9/24/91
+ NASA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS NEW MARS MINI-ROVER

9/26/91
+ PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS FOR TETHERED SATELLITE MISSION NAMED
+ NEW RESEARCH SATELLITE PROVIDES GLOBAL OZONE MAPPING DATA
+ LIGHTNING STORMS DETECTED IN VENUS ATMOSPHERE

9/27/91
+ MINORITY CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR AWARDED
+ NASA ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS ON FY92 BUDGET

10/3/91
+ NASA/USAF X-29 COMPLETES FLIGHT RESEARCH PROGRAM
+ NASA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES NEW OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
+ NASA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES KEY APPOINTMENTS
+ STATEMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATOR

10/4/91
+ NASA SELECTS CENTERS FOR LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH

10/8/91
+ NASA'S TRACKING AND DARA RELAY SATELLITE SYSTEM EXPANDS
+ 1991 OZONE LEVELMATCHES THREE PREVIOUS YEARS
+ NASA SELECTS TWO NEW CCDSS; ONE DISCONTINUED

10/9/91
+ NASA SELECTS REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTERS
+ 1991 ANTARCTIC OZONE LEVELS REACH RECORD LOW
+ NASA LEADERSHIP CONDUCTS INTERIM MEETING OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

10/10/91
+ NASA PLANS SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE

10/15/91
+ HOLLOWAY NAMED LANGELEY RESEARCH CENTER DIRECTOR

10/16/91
+ NASA CCDS INTRODUCES NEW SPACE-BASED PROCESSING EFFORT

10/21/91
+ LAUNCH DATE SET FOR CONSORT 4 MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS

10/23/91
+ VOYAGER SPACECRAFT STILL GOING STRONG AFTER 14 YEARS
+ SEDDON NAMED PAYLOAD COMMANDER FOR SLS-2

10/28/91
+ LARGE SCALE MAPS OF VENUS TO BE RELEASED
+ AIRBORNE STUDY OF ARCTIC OZONE BEGUN

10/30/91
+ ROSE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO LEAVE NASA TRULY APPOINTS MANNIX TO HEAD CODE

10/31/91
+ CRIPPEN NAMED KENNEDY SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR

11/1/91
+ TDRSS C-BAND AGREEMENT EXTENDED

11/4/91
+ MISSISSIPPI STATE WINS AERO-SPACE PLANE MOCKUP COMPETITION

11/5/91
+ PRESSURE-SENTATIVE PAINT PASSES TEST WITH FLYING COLORS

11/7/91
+ NASA SELECTS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROPOSALS
+ NASA PRESENTS LOW TROPHY TO GRUMMAN AND THIOKOL

11/8/91
+ NASA SUSPENDS CONTRACTOR FOLLOWING FEDERAL INDICTMENT

11/12/91
+ LATEST NASA CLIMATE STUDY PROBES CLOUDS AS KEY TO GLOBAL WARMING

11/14/91
+ NASA F-16X ACHIEVES FIRST SUPERSONIC FLIGHT LAMINAR FLOW
+ FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF AN ASTEROID RELEASED BY NASA
+ TRULY RELEASES STUDY ON ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

11/15/91
+ NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CONFERENCE EXPANDED IN 1991
+ ALDRICH REAFFIRMS RESTON OFFICE ROLE FOR SPACE STATION FREEDOM

11/19/91
+ NASA AWARDS HBCU CORE RESEARCH CENTER GRANTS

11/22/91
+ EER SYSTEMS SELECTED FOR FOLLOW-ON CONSORT LAUNCHES
+ MICROGRAVITY TEST OF CELL CULTURE VESSEL TO FLY ON ATLANTIS

11/26/91
+ NASA AND USIA TO DEMONSTRATE SATELLITE RADIO BROADCASTING

12/4/91
+ NASA TO RESEARCH NEW ROCKET PROPELLANT
+ BEACH NAMED LANGELY DEPUTY DIRECTOR

12/ 5/91
+ DATA ILLUSTRATES LINK BETWEEN CHLORINE, OZONE DEPLETION

12/6/91
+ NASA AND ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY SIGN SPACE STATION AGREEMENT
+ PAYLOAD CREW NAMED FOR SPACELAB LIFE SCIENCES-2 MISSION

12/11/91
+ NASA ASTRONAUTS RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTICS AWARD
+ AGREEMENTS PROVIDE COMMERCIAL ACCESS TO SPACE

12/12/91
+ HUBBLE TELESCOPE RESUMES OPERATIONS AFTER BRIEF ANOMALY

12/13/91
+ NASA DEVELOPS NEW RADAR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
+ LASER SYSTEMS 5/ REPLACE KSC WIND WEATHER BALLOONS

12/16/91
+ NASA PLANS ULTRAVIOLET ASTRONOMY SATELLITE LAUNCH IN MAY
+ NICHOLSON NAMED SHUTTLE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

12/17/91
+ SPACE SCIENCE DOMINATED 1991 NASA ACTIVITIES

12/20/91
+ NASA SELECTS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROJECTS