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 October 1 A memo was issued by the Director of the Personnel Office requiring that position descriptions for Scientific and engineering personnel at MSFC contain language requiring compliance with the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986. The memo also included language to be included in performance plans. In addition, the letter asked that the language be added to existing documents and incorporated into new positions by FY91. (MSFC Institutional and Program Support Directorate inputs for MSFC 1990 Annual Chronology of Events)

October 1 In preparation for a series of tests to evaluate extravehicular activity hardware design, the Essex Corporation began installation of the Transfer Orbit Stage Neutral Buoyancy Simulator hardware. Suited tests were scheduled with Astronaut Mark Lee as the test subject. (See MSFC History Office Microfiche #2127, "Notable MSFC Events During 1990," October 22, 1990)

October 2 About 300 people from the Marshall Center, the Army, and local industry attended the National Quality Forum VI broadcast and the Government/Local Industry Quality Forum at Marshall. (Marshall Star, October 10, 1990)

October 6 STS-41, Discovery, lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying five astronauts and the European Ulysses spacecraft in orbit. Within 2 hours of its deployment, the Ulysses Probe began its 5-year journey to expiore the polar regions of the sun. It was sent on its way by a Marshall Center-managed upper-stage booster package consisting of an Inertial Upper Stage and a Payload Assist Module. (Marshall Star, October 10, 1990: "European Ulysses Fired to Jupiter, Sun. As Discovery Returns Astronauts to Space," Aviation Week & Space Technology, October 15, 1990)

October 10 The Huntsville Area Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities announced that Gerry Higgins. a Marshall employee, had been named the Employee of the Year for the Huntsville area. The committee also announced that the Marshal Center had earned "Partnership Award." (Marshall Star, October 17, 1990) 39