May 2
MSFC Director Jack Lee and Deputy Director Dr. J. Wavne Littles were honored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) as a Fellow and Associate Fellow, respectively. Later in the month, Lee received the Holger N. Toftoy award presented by the Alabama-Mississipi Section of the AIAA. (Marshall Star, May 2 and May 23, 1990)
May 2-3
The preliminary design review was held on the Microwave Reflectometer Ionization System. (MSFC Space Systems Office Inputs for Draft Chronology of MSFC Events for 1990)
May 3
Susan Cloud, Marshall's Assistant Director for Policy and Review, received the Arthur S. Flemming Award honoring outstanding and meritorious work for government. Cloud was presented the award by Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole and Arthur Flemming in Washington. (Marshall Star, May 9, 1990)
May 3
Vehicle rate disturbance was detected on the Hubble Space Telescope This was later determined to be solar array induced jitter. (MSFC Observatory Projects Office, Draft Chronology of Events for 1990)
May 4
Representatives from the Marshall Center, Martin Marietta Space Systems, and Stanford briefed officials at NASA Headquarters on the final study results of the External Tank Gamma Ray Imaging Telescope. (See MSFC History Office Microfiche #2127, "Notable MSFC Events During 1990," May 21)
May 5
The Marshall Center hosted the Space Science Student Involvement Program regional symposium May 5-9. Twenty-two students attended, presenting space research proposals and receiving critiques by Center employees. The National Science Teachers Association and NASA jointly sponsor the program. (Marshall Star, May 2, 1990)
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