November 13
The initial subsystem of an automated MSFC Local Area Network (LAN) management system was implemented. The system was designed to provide online capability to manage and assign Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol addresses, gather and report LAN traffic statistics, and gather and report LAN response time statistics. (MSFC Institutional and Program Support Directorate inputs for MSFC 1990 Annual Chronology of Events)
November 13
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel reviewed the status of the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor and Advanced Solid Rocket Booster projects in a meeting at MSFC on November 13-14. (See MSFC History Office Microfiche #2127, "Notable MSFC Events During 1990, November 19, 1991)
November 14
The Marshall Center completed a 10-hour joint integrated simulation of the Astro-1 Spacelab mission. The simulation involved mission and payload controllers, flight crew members, the Mission Control Center in Houston, and Marshall's Spacelab Mission Operations Control Center. (MSFC Daily Planet, November 15, 1990)
November 15
STS-38, Space Shuttle Atlantis, was launched at 5:48 p.m. on a Department of Defense mission. (Kennedy Space Center, Spaceport News, January 11, 1991)
November 19
Fine grinding was completed and the first of 11 polishing cycles began on the hyperboloid mirror (H1) for the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility. (MSFC Observatory Projects Office, Draft Chronology of Events for 1990)
November 21
The Marshall Star reported that in an effort to encourage students' interest in math and science, the McDonnell Douglas Corporation had announced that it would join in the corporate sponsorship of the Project LASER (Learning About Science Engineering and Research) Mobile Teacher Resource Center. (Marshall Star, November 21, 1990)
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