History of Parabolic Flights / ESA TV Exchanges / 17-05-2002

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

17-May-02 09:15 – 09:30 GMT

History of Parabolic Flights

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Replay I: 17 May 02 18:45 – 19:00 GMT

Replay II: 18 May 02 07:00 – 07:15 GMT

This programme provides an historic account of Parabolic flights starting with their discovery in the 1950’s and looking at their use today for microgravity research and astronaut training.

The 5-minute A-roll contains split audio with an English guide track and is complemented by a B-roll with international sound only, including sound bites with ESA scientists. The script is on-line as of the end of today, as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS24***.pdf

This ESA TV Exchanges feed is transmitted by the European Commission’s “Europe by Satellite” (EbS) service. You can find the complete transmission schedule and download scripts and shot lists, also for ESA TV items, from the EbS Web site at http://europa.eu.int/comm/ebs/index.html

More background information can be found on .

Transmission details:EUTELSAT HOT BIRD at 13° East (DVB/MPEG-2)

Horizontal, F=12,476 MHz (MCPC, Europe by Satellite)

SR=27,500 MS/sec, FEC=3/4

For further information, visit our website at http://television.esa.int. For other enquires, contact Claus Habfast, Tel +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 6340, e-mail claus.habfast@esa.int.