NASA Daily News Summary 05 Apr 2000

NASA Daily News Summary

For Release:  April 5, 2000

Media Advisory m00-67

SUMMARY
NEWS RELEASES:
None Today.
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VIDEO
VIDEO FILE:
Item 1 – NASA Sees Significant Arctic Ozone Loss

Item 2 – The Great Moonbuggy Races

Item 3 – Research Wind Turbine Test

Item 4 – Breast Cancer Infrared Tool (replay) 
LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK
SPECIAL NOTICE TO TV PRODUCERS:  HUBBLE’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY
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NEWS RELEASES
None Today.
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If NASA issues any news releases later today, we will e-

mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list.
Index of 2000 NASA News Releases:

http://www.nasa.gov/releases/2000/index.html
Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:

http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html
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VIDEO
LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK:
April 6, Thursday 
– 1:30 pm – STS-101 TCDT Pad Q& A (Questions from Kennedy Space

  Center only) – KSC

– 4:00 – 5:00 pm – Marshall Moonbuggy Remote Uplink Test – Space

  and Rocket Center, AL

– 5:30 – 10:00 pm – Ulysses Sails Through a Comet Live News

  Interviews – JPL 
April 7, Friday 
– 6:00 – 10:00 am – Moon Buggy Races Live News Interviews – MSFC

– 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the

  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations

  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) – HQ

– 1:00 – 6:00 pm – FIRST Robotics National Finals – Epcot Center,

  Orlando, FL (direct uplink to NTV)

– 7:00 am – 9:30 pm – FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the

  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations

  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) – HQ

– *9:30 – Midnight – FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the

  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations

  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) – HQ 
April 8, Saturday 
– 8:00 am – 6:00 pm – FIRST Robotics National Finals – Epcot

  Center, Orlando, FL (direct uplink to NTV) 
April 9, Sunday 
– Noon – 2:30 pm – FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the

  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations

  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) – HQ

– 3:00 – 5:30 pm – FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the

  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations

  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) – HQ

– 6:00 – 8:30 pm – FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the

  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations

  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) – HQ

– 9:00 – 11:30 pm – FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the

  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations

  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) – HQ 
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SPECIAL NOTICE TO TV PRODUCERS:  HUBBLE’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY
——– LIVE SATELLITE INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY ——–
Celebrate Hubble1s 10th Birthday!
– Take a video tour of some of Hubble1s greatest hits

– Five new stamps to be issued of Hubble favorites
In April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) rocketed into

space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery – bringing a brilliant

new golden age of astronomy.  Hubble1s stunning pictures have

revolutionized astronomy and astounded the public.  Though Hubble

has only been in operation for 10 years, its phenomenal influence

on our civilization’s perception of the vast and mysterious

universe will be felt for a long time to come.
Hubble Project Scientists Dr. David Leckrone and Dr. Malcom

Niedner are available on Monday, April 10, from 5:40 – 11:00 a.m.

EDT to discuss Hubble’s legacy of achievement.
Ask the scientists about Hubble:
– Hubble1s images have captivated both scientists and the general

public.  How has Hubble changed our understanding of our place in

the universe?  (visual:  beauty montage)
– What are Hubble1s greatest discoveries? (visual:  discovery

montage)
– The Post Office is releasing five new stamps today.  Can you

give us a sneak peek at the new stamps? (visual: stamp montage)
– Hubble is the first and only telescope that is serviceable by

spacewalking astronauts.   How have the servicing missions

extended Hubble1s scientific powers? (visual:  spacewalk montage).
– What new upgrades do you have planned for Hubble and when will

the astronauts next visit?
– What are the advantages of a spaceborne telescope?
– What is your favorite Hubble image?
To bool a Window:  Deanna Corridon 301-286-0041, Wade Sisler 301-

286-6256, pager 888-474-0914.

TV-Control room number 301-286-6146.
The interviews:  come to you from NASA1s Goddard Space Flight

Center in Greenbelt, MD.  
– The interviews from 5:40 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. will be broadcast

on GE-2, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees West

longitude.  The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical

and audio is monaural at 6.8 MHz.
– Interviews from 8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. will be broadcast on

KU-Band – Telstar 5, transponder 11 at 97 degrees West longitude,

vertical polarization, frequency – 11929 MHz, and audio at 6.6/6.8

MHz.  
B-Roll will be fed at 5:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 10.    Full

video package will run April 10 & 11th during the NASA-TV (GE-2

transponder 9C) Video File feed scheduled for noon EDT.
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Unless otherwise noted, ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN.
ANY CHANGES TO THE VIDEO LINE-UP WILL APPEAR ON THE NASA VIDEO

FILE ADVISORY ON THE WEB AT

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt

WE UPDATE THE ADVISORY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
The NASA Video File normally airs at noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m.

and midnight Eastern Time.
NASA Television is available on GE-2, transponder 9C at 85 degrees

West longitude, with vertical polarization. Frequency is on 3880.0

megahertz, with audio on 6.8 megahertz.
Refer general questions about the video file to NASA Headquarters,

Washington, DC: Ray Castillo, 202/358-4555, or Fred Brown,

202/358-0713, fred.brown@hq.nasa.gov
During Space Shuttle missions, the full NASA TV schedule will

continue to be posted at:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html
For general information about NASA TV see:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/
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end of daily news summary

Add to NASA News Summary for April 5, 2000

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New, Improved Atlantis Set for April 24 Launch to Station
     Following a review of flight readiness, Space Shuttle

managers today confirmed April 24 as the launch date for Atlantis

on a mission that will continue the development of the orbiting

International Space Station. Atlantis’ mission will be the first

flight of a new Shuttle “glass cockpit” and more than a dozen other

Shuttle improvements.
     Atlantis’ liftoff is planned for approximately 4:15 p.m. EDT,

within a 10-minute launch window. The precise launch time and

window could vary slightly and will be established about 24 hours

ahead of liftoff to optimize the Shuttle’s performance.
Full text:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-056.txt
Headquarters contact: Dwayne C. Brown (Phone:  202/358-1726)
Johnson Space Center contact: James Hartsfield (Phone:  281/483-5111)
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Second add to NASA News Summary for April 5, 2000

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Strangers in the Night: Ulysses Spacecraft Meets a Comet
During an unplanned rendezvous, the Ulysses spacecraft found itself gliding though the

immense tail of Comet Hyakutake, revealing that comet tails may be much, much longer

than previously believed. “This tail extends half a billion kilometers (more than 300 million

miles). That’s more than three times the distance from the Earth to the Sun,” said Dr.

Nathan Schwadron, of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Findings appear in the April

6 issue of the journal Nature.
Full text:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-055.txt
Headquarters contact: Dolores Beasley (Phone: 202/358-1753)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory contact: Jane Platt (Phone: 818/354-5011)
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NASA Selects its Inventions of the Year
It won’t be long before such diverse products as lipstick, art and circuit boards could benefit

from a thermoplastic developed for use in space.  NASA thinks so much of the

thermoplastic’s commercial potential that it named the high-tech material its 1999

Commercial Invention of the Year.  A research team from NASA’s Langley Research

Center, Hampton, VA, developed the winning invention.
Full text:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-053.txt
Headquarters contact: Sonja Alexander (Phone: 202/358-1761)
Langley Research Center contact: Keith Henry (Phone: 757/864-6120/24)
Goddard Space Flight Center contact: James Sahli (Phone: 301/286-4084)
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NASA to Test Wind Turbine in World’s Largest Wind Tunnel
For the first time ever, engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center will begin testing a

wind turbine this month in the world’s largest wind tunnel to learn how to design and

operate the turbines more efficiently.  The three-week test of the U.S. Department of

Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) “Unsteady Aerodynamics”

research wind turbine is scheduled to begin April 17.  Tests will be conducted in Ames’ 80-

by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel.  The wind tunnel is primarily used for determining low- and

medium-speed aerodynamic characteristics of full-scale aircraft and rotorcraft (helicopters). 
Full text:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-054.txt
Headquarters contact: Michael Braukus (Phone: 202/358-1979)
Ames Research Center contact: Michael Mewhinney (Phone: 650/604-3937)
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