Sarah Keegan
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                       July 2, 1990
(Phone:  202/453-1548)


RELEASE:  90-091

HUBBLE BOARD OF INVESTIGATION NAMED



     Dr. Lennard A. Fisk, NASA Associate Administrator for Space 
Science and Applications today appointed a Hubble Space Telescope 
Optical Systems Board of Investigation to review, analyze and 
evaluate the facts and circumstances regarding the manufacture, 
development and testing of the Hubble Space Telescope Optical 
Telescope Assembly.


     The board will be chaired by Dr. Lew Allen, Director, Jet 
Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.  The other members of the 
board are:

       Charles P. Spoelhof
         (Retired) Vice President, Eastman Kodak Co.
         Pittsford, N.Y.

       George A. Rodney
         Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Quality
         NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

       John D. Mangus
         Head, Optics Branch, Space Technology Division
         NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

       Dr. R. (Bob) Shannon
         Professor of Astronomy, Optical Sciences Center
         University of Arizona, Tucson

       Dr. Roger Angel
         Professor of Astronomy, Steward Observatory
         University of Arizona, Tucson


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       Sarah Keegan, NASA Public Affairs Officer, and Gary Tesch, 
NASA Deputy General Counsel, will support the board as public 
affairs advisor and counsel, respectively.

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