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Sun Coast Services Inc.;

Thiokol Corp.;

and Wang Federal Inc. The Safety InitiativesAwards were presented to EG&

G Florida and Rockwell Aerospace (now United Space Alliance). Center Director'

s Awards were presented to Dynamac Corp.;

I-Net Inc.;

McDonnell Douglas Space and Defense Sys- tems Inc.;

United Space Alli- ance;

and USBI. Awards cer- emony photos are on Page 7. (See HUBBLE, Page 8) THE SPACE SHUTTLE Discovery cuts a bright swath through the early-morning darkness as it lifts off from Launch Pad 39A on a scheduled 10-day flight to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Liftoff of Mission STS-82 occurred on-time at 3:55:17 a.m. EST, Feb. 11, 1997. Leading the veteran crew is Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox. Scott J. Doc Horowitz is the pilot. Mark C. Lee is the payload commander. Rounding out the seven-member crew are Mission Specialists Steven L. Smith, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Joseph R. Joe Tanner and Steven A. Hawley. Hubble was deployed in

1990 and designed to be serviced on-orbit about every three years. STS-82 marks the 22nd flight of Discovery and the 82nd Shuttle mission. Page

2 SPACEPORT NEWS February 14,

1997 Sterling Smith gets additional post in payloads world Sterling Smith has been designated acting di- rector, Pay- l o a d G r o u n d Systems in the Payload Processing Director- ate. He con- tinues to hold his present title of deputy director of Payload Processing. Employees of the Month HONORED in January ― (front row, from left) Cathy Giesler, Procurement Office;

Joyce Stevens, Installation Operations;

Sharon Pine, Space Station Hardware Integration Office;

(back row, from left) Michael Bolger, Engineering Development;

Richard Bates, Shuttle Processing;

Dicksy Hansen, Chief Financial Officer'

s Office;

Suzanne Stuckey, Chief Counsel'

s Office;

Bet Eldred, Administration Office;

and Steve Chance, Payload Processing. Not shown: Daniel McNerney, Safety and Mission Assurance;

and SuSu Wong, Logistics Operations. KSC managers to speak at Quality Conference in March KSC will be well-represented at the

1997 Conference on Qual- ity in the Space and Defense Industries, being held March 3C

4 in Houston. The conference is sponsored by the Aviation/Space and De- fense Division of the American Society for Quality Control. NASA Associate Administrator for Policy and Plans Alan Ladwig will deliver the keynote address. Other speakers include Kent Black, chief executive of United Space Alliance, the NASA Space Flight Operations Contract organization (SFOC). This year'

s conference focuses on the new partnering initia- tives emerging between NASA and the Defense Department. Issues such as acquisition re- form, rapid change initiatives and the changing role of quality will be discussed. Panels will focus on such top- ics as Measuring for Success, Single Process Initiative and In- tegrated Compliance Manage- ment. Also participating from KSC are Tom Breakfield, director of Safety and Mission Assurance and Hector Delgado, KSC Safety and Shuttle Upgrades Directorate. For more information about the conference, contact Helen Schneider, tel.

817 776-3550. Note of Appreciation Editor'

s Note: The follow- ing message is from Tom and Rob Breakfield to their fellow KSC employees: During the past several weeks the reality of the frequently used expression, The KSC family, has been very indelibly impressed upon our hearts with the incredible outpouring of concern, love and prayers for our family in the death of our father and grandfather, Paul T. Breakfield Jr. Words cannot express the encouragement and consolation that we have received from your many acts of kindness that have helped us through this tragedy. Thank you for the cards, letters and phone calls of encouragement, flowers and contributions in his memory, and most of all for your prayers. To those of you who participated in the recovery, and those who gave their time and effort to speed that process, we will forever be grateful. The Kennedy Space Center workforce truly is family and we are very proud to be part of it. Smith Bartell Editor'