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 September 26 MSFC Director Jack Lee announced that J.A. Bethay, who was serving as Executive Assistant to Director, would assume the duties of Associate Director. (MSFC Management Announcement, September 26, 1991)

September 26 The Marshall Star reported that Space Shuttle Director Robert Crippen had announced the formation of a Hydrogen Leak Investigation Team to locate and solve the hydrogen leak problem on the Orbiter Columbia. The leak had forced the postponement of STS-35. Crippen named Marshall's Robert Schwinghamer, Deputy Director for Space Transportation Systems the Science and Engineering Directorate, to lead the team. (Marshall Star, September 26, 1990)

September 27 MSFC Director Jack Lee announced the appointment of Carolyn S. Griner as Director of MSFC's Mission Operations Laboratory. She was replacing Herman F. (Fletcher) Kurtz, who was retiring. (MSFC Management Announcement, September 27, 1990)

September 28 Testing of a Pratt & Whitney 40,000-pound-thrust subscale liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen injector for the joint Department of Defense Air Force/NASA Advanced Launch System Space Transportation Main Engine was completed at the Marshall Center. (Marshall Star, October 17. 1990)

September 28 MSFC Director Jack Lee made a presentation to the Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program. (Presentation Package, September 28, 1990) 38