NEWS RELEASE LOG

NUMBER TITLE RELEASEDATE

78-01 NASA Awards Shuttle Radio Contract to RCA 1/6/7878-02 Orbiter Contract Supplement Covers 10 Contract Changes 1/6/7878-03 NASA Selects 35 Astronaut Candidates 1/16/7878-04 Singer Company to Build Spacelab Simulator 2/1/7878-05 NASA Adds Spare Parts to Orbiter Contract 1/20/7878-06 Data on the Orbit of Skylab 2/3/7878-07 NASA Signs Contract with Lockheed for White Sands Support 2/6/7878-08 JSC to Process Pristine Meteorite Fragments 2/10/7878-09 NASA Signs Add-on to Ford Contract 2/16/7878-10 Northrop Signed to Operate JSC Labs 2/22/7878-11 Enterprise at Ellington 2/23/7878-12 Slayton Appointment 2/23/7878-13 Skylab Activation 3/1/7878-14 Lunar and Planetary Discoveries to Be Presented at Houston Sessions 3/8/7878-15 NASA Names Astronaut Crews for Early Shuttle Flights 3/16/7878-16 Shuttle Flight Directors Named by NASA 3/17/7878-17 IBM Gets Contract Add-On for Houston Data Work 3/30/7878-18 IBM Contract Extended 5/10/7878-19 Space Bioscience Conference Held by UT, NASA-JSC 5/17/7878-20 NASA Plans Skylab Attitude Change Procedures 5/18/7878-21 NASA Adjusts Rockwell Orbiter Contract Costs 5/19/7878-22 JSC Negotiates with A-V Corporation for Audiovisual Public InformationSupport Services5/30/7878-23 Fourth Annual Aerospace Workshop Set for June 5 5/31/7878-24 Space Center to Begin Processing of Rare Meteorites 5/31/7878-25 Note to Editors: Skylab Activities 6/19/7878-26 Meteorite Fragment Confirmed as Rare type 6/22/7878-27 New Astronaut Candidates Arrive at JSC for Training 6/29/78

78-28 MAC-DAC Pact Extended 7/3/7878-29 Computer Sciences Gets JSC Computer Systems Contract 6/30/7878-30 IBM Contract Add-On Covers Shuttle Avionics Software 7/17/7878-31 Space Week Proclaimed 7/17/7878-32 Astronaut Candidates Learn Water Survival Techniques 7/24/7878-33 Joe Allen Returns to Johnson Space Center Astronaut Office 7/26/7878-34 Mission Specialists for Spacelab 1 Named at JSC 8/1/7878-35 NASA, USGS Publish Fault Map of SE Greater Houston Area 8/9/7878-36 Symposium to Discuss Results of Major Crop Monitoring Equipment 8/9/7878-37 Former NASA Astronauts to Attend Briefings at Johnson Space Center 8/15/7878-38 JSC to Ask Think Tank to Study Future Center Role 8/18/7878-39 Astronaut Candidates to Take Parasail Training at Vance AFB, August 28 8/23/7878-40 Shuttle Maneuver Engine Tested at White Sands 9/7/7878-41 NASA Amends Ford Contract 9/8/7878-42 Itek to Build Orbiter Camera System 9/19/7878-43 JSC Selects General Electric Company for Shuttle Food Galley 9/22/7878-44 Note to Editors: Space Shuttle Status 9/25/7878-45 Texas to Benefit from Space-Age Remote Sensing Techniques 9/29/7878-46 OMB Official to Address Symposium 10/11/7878-47 NASA Amends Rockwell Orbiter Contract 10/17/7878-48 GE Gets Orbiter Checkout Contract 10/19/7878-49 Seasat Scientist to Talk About Hurricane Measurements 10/30/7878-50 Skylab Orbital Attitude to Be Reversed 10/31/7878-51 NASA Johnson Space Center Amends Ford Aerospace Mission ControlContract10/31/7878-52 Global Crop Experiment Evaluated 11/17/7878-53 NASA Exceptional Service Awards 12/4/7878-54 JSC Signs IBM Supplement 12/1/7878-55 JSC Extends Alpha Contract 12/1/7878-56 JSC Awards Support Contract to Lockheed 12/8/78

78-57 JSC Negotiates with Omega Services for Center Custodial Support Contract 12/12/7878-58 Super Guppy to Deliver Shuttle Training Equipment to JSC 12/18/7878-59 JSC Negotiates with McKinsey for Study Contract 12/18/7878-60 JSC Extends Link Simulator Contract 12/15/78