NASA Daily News Summary 21 Mar 2000

NASA Daily News Summary

For Release:  Mar. 21, 2000

Media Advisory m00-55

SUMMARY
NEWS RELEASES:
None Today.
VIDEO:
VIDEO FILE:
None Today.
LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK
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LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK
March 20, Monday

– *Midnight – 1:30 am – FY 2001 Human Space Flight Budget Hearing

   before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics;

   Committee on Science (recorded 3/16/00) – HQ

– *1:30 – 3:00 am – FY 2001 Posture Hearing before the House

   Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies; Appropriations

   Committee (recorded 3/15/00) – HQ
March 22, Wednesday

– 1:00 pm – Gamma Ray Space Science Update – HQ
March 23, Thursday

– 6:00 – 10:00 am – Students Help NASA Test International Space

  Station Science Communications Live News Interviews – MSFC

– 10:00 am – Noon – IMAGE Validation Testing – Vandenberg Air

  Force Base, CA

– 1:00 – 4:00 pm – NASA Management Hearing before the Senate

  Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space; Commerce, Science

  and Transportation Committee (recorded 3/22/00) – HQ

– 4:00 – 6:00 pm – Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications

  FY 2001 Budget Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Space

  and Aeronautics; Committee on Science – HQ
March 24, Friday

– 6:00 – 10:00 am – Students Help NASA Test International Space

  Station Science Communications Live News Interviews – MSFC

– 1:00 pm – Gamma Ray Observatory Press Conference – HQ

– 2:00 pm – IMAGE L-1 Prelaunch Press Conference – Vandenberg Air

  Force Base, CA
March 25, Saturday

– 2:00 pm – Live Coverage and Commentary of the IMAGE Launch –

  Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA

– 3:35 pm – IMAGE Launch – Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
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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:
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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Contract Awards
Contract awards are posted to the NASA Acquisition information

Service Web site: http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html
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Add to NASA Daily News Summary

For Release:  March 21, 2000

Media Advisory m00-055a
ALL TIMES EASTERN
BRIEFINGS SET FOR RETURN TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
     A series of briefings will be held at NASA’s Johnson Space

Center, Houston, TX, on Monday, March 27, to preview the second

Shuttle mission of the year, marking the return to the

International Space Station.
      The briefings will begin at 9 a.m. EST with an overview of

the International Space Station program, followed at 10 a.m. by a

mission overview briefing.  A briefing on the space walk to be

conducted during the flight will be held at 11 a.m., followed by

the Video File on NASA Television at Noon.  Following a break, a

briefing will be conducted at 1 p.m. on the technical upgrades

made to Atlantis and future upgrades for other Space Shuttles in

the 21st century.  The briefings will conclude with the Crew News

Conference at 2 p.m.  
     All of the briefings will be broadcast on NASA TV, which is

available on the GE-2 satellite, transponder 9C, located at 85

degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of

3880 MHz, and audio at 6.8 MHz.
     After the crew news conference, limited round-robin interview

opportunities with the crew will take place for reporters at the

Johnson Space Center and for those reporters who make advance

arrangements to participate by telephone.  
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Kirsten Williams

(Phone: 202/358-0243).

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX:  Eileen Hawley

(Phone:  281/483-5111).
For full text, see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-010.txt 
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If NASA issues additional news releases later today, we will e-

mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list.

Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:

http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html
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approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time. Members of the media who wish

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