Sarah Keegan
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                       May 5, 1994
(Phone:  202/358-1547)

Jim Elliott
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
(Phone:  30l/286-6256)

Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
(Phone:  713/483-5111)

RELEASE: 94-71

HUBBLE TEAM TO RECEIVE COLLIER TROPHY

 The NASA  Hubble Space Telescope  Recovery Team will  receive the 
1993 Robert  J.  Collier  Trophy  from  the  National  Aeronautic  
Association on May 6, 1994. The citation will honor the team "for 
outstanding leadership, intrepidity,  and the  renewal of  public 
faith in  America's  space  program  by  the  successful  orbital  
recovery and repair of the Hubble Space Telescope."

 NASA Administrator  Daniel S.  Goldin said, "This  11-member team  
represents the thousands of men and women across the  country and 
around the world who played a part in the Hubble  Space Telescope 
first servicing  mission. Their  accomplishments demonstrate  the 
value of global  teamwork, comprehensive  training and  extensive 
rehearsal in preparing for and executing critical missions."

  The  HST  Recovery   Team  is  composed  of   Joseph  Rothenberg,  
previously Associate Director of  Flight Projects, Goddard  Space 
Flight Center,  Greenbelt, Md.;  Randy Brinkley,  STS-61  Mission 
Director, Johnson Space  Center (JSC),  Houston; James M.  "Milt" 
Heflin, Jr., STS-61 Lead Flight Director, JSC; Brewster  H. Shaw, 
Jr.,  Director,  Space  Shuttle  Operations,  NASA  Headquarters,  
Washington, D.C.;  and the  members of  the  STS-61 flight  crew, 
commander Richard O. Covey, pilot Kenneth D. Bowersox, and mission 
specialists Tom  Akers, Jeffrey  A. Hoffman,  F. Story  Musgrave, 
Claude Nicollier (European Space Agency), and Kathryn C. Thornton.

 The  Robert  J.  Collier  Trophy is  widely  considered  the  most 
prestigious aeronautical award in America.

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