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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
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