March 20
The fourth annual Marshall Center dinner honoring retirees was held at the Von Braun Civic Center. (Marshall Star, February 7, 1990)
March 22
The first Astro-1 Joint Integrated Simulation was completed. (See MSFC History Office Microfiche #2127, "Notable MSFC Events During 1990," March 26, 1990)
March 23
The Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite arrived at the Kennedy Space Center from Ball Space Systems Division facility in Boulder, Colorado. (See MSFC History Office Microfiche #2127, "Notable MSFC Events During 1990," March 26, 1990)
March 23
The Hubble Space Telescope was installed in the Payload Canister. (See MSFC History Office Microfiche #2127, "Notable MSFC Events During 1990," March 26, 1990)
March 26
Final Hubble Space Telescope electrical systems testing at the Vertical Processing Facility was concluded successfully. (See MSFC History Office Microfiche #2127, "Notable MSFC Events During 1990," March 26, 1990)
March 28
The Marshall star reported that NASA had announced the award by Stanford University of two fixed-price, $1 million Science Mission Studies contracts for the Gravity Probe-B Program to Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, and Fairchild Space Company. (Marshali Star, March 28, 1990)
March 28
MSFC Director Jack Lee spoke to members of the Huntsville Press Club. Lee said NASA could "fix" newly discovered maintenance requirements for Space Station Freedom that appeared larger than first expected. (Huntsville News, March 29, 1990)
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