February 19
The nickel-hydrogen batteries for the Hubble Space Telescope arrived at the Kennedy Space Center. This was the first Marshall project to use this type of battery. (MSFC Observatory Projects Office, Draft Chronology of Events for 1990)
February 21-22
The Aeroassist Flight Experiment Phase I Safety Review was held at the Johnson Space Center. (MSFC Space Systems Office Inputs for Draft Chronology of MSFC Events for 1990)
February 22
Marshall Center Director Jack Lee spoke to a large gathering of students at Glencliff High School in Nashville as part of the Center's support for Tennessee Space Week, a state-wide aerospace education program sponsored by the Tennessee Education Association and NASA. Additional Marshall personnel also spoke to groups in other areas of the state during the week. (Marshall Star, March 7, 1990)
February 22
Robert Schwinghamer, Deputy Director for Space Transportation Systems in Marshall's Science and Engineering Directorate, was named one of the top 10 engineers in the federal government. He was honored at the 11th Annual Federal Engineer of the Year Awards Banquet in Arlington, Virginia. (Marshall Star, February 28, 1990)
February 23
Marshall Center scientists and engineers supported the sounding rocket launch of a Marshall-developed low energy in mass spectrometer from the Poker Flat Research Range in Catanika, Alaska. (Marshall Star, March 7, 1990)
February 27
MSFC Director Jack Lee announced the appointment of Dr. F. Max Croft as Director of Marshall's Information Systems Office in the Institutional and Program Support Directorate. (MSFC Management Announcement, February 27, 1990)
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