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NASA Daily News Summary 22 June 2000

By SpaceRef Editor

June 22, 2000

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NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: June 22, 2000
Media Advisory m00-123

SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES

NEW IMAGES SUGGEST PRESENT-DAY SOURCES OF LIQUID WATER ON MARS

VIDEO

***ALL TIMES EASTERN***

VIDEO FILE FOR JUNE 22, 2000

Note to Producers: NASA TV will replay the Water on Mars Space
Science Update immediately following its live broadcast. NASA
TV will not air a video file at noon, but will start airing the
video File at 3 pm EDT, including b-roll from the Water on
Mars Space Science Update. The whole day on NASA TV looks as
follows:

June 22, Thursday
– 10:45 am (time approximate) – Prefeed for Water on Mars Space
Science Update – HQ
– 11:00 am – Water on Mars Space Science Update – HQ
– 12:15 pm (time approximate) – Postfeed for Water on Mars Space
Science Update – HQ
– 12:30 pm (time approximate) – Replay of Water on Mars Space
Science Update – HQ
– 3:00 pm – NASA Television Video File – HQ
– 4:00 pm – Replay of Water on Mars Space Science Update – HQ
– 6:00 pm – NASA Television Video File – HQ
– 7:00 pm – Replay of Water on Mars Space Science Update – HQ
– 9:00 pm – NASA Television Video File – HQ
– 10:00 pm – Replay of Water on Mars Space Science Update – HQ
– Midnight – NASA Television Video File – HQ

UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

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NEWS RELEASES

NEW IMAGES SUGGEST PRESENT-DAY SOURCES OF LIQUID WATER ON MARS

In what could turn out to be a landmark discovery in the
history of Mars exploration, imaging scientists using data from
NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft have recently observed
features that suggest there may be current sources of liquid water
at or near the surface of the red planet. The new images show the
smallest features ever observed from martian orbit –- the size of
an SUV. NASA scientists compare the features to those left by
flash floods on Earth. “We see features that look like gullies
formed by flowing water and the deposits of soil and rocks
transported by these flows. The features appear to be so young
that they might be forming today. We think we are seeing evidence
of a ground water supply, similar to an aquifer,” said Dr. Michael
Malin, principal investigator for the Mars Orbiter Camera on the
Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft at Malin Space Science Systems
(MSSS), San Diego, CA. “These are new landforms that have never
been seen before on Mars.” The findings will be published in the
June 30 issue of Science magazine.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Donald Savage
(Phone: 202/358-1727).

Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA: Mary
Hardin (Phone: 818/354-5011).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-099.txt

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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

UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

June 24, Saturday
– 9:00 – 10:00 am – That NASA Show: “Space Clothes” and “Tortillas
in Space” – HQ
– 10:00 – 11:00 am – That NASA Show: “Space Clothes” and
“Tortillas in Space” – HQ
– 11:00 am – Noon – That NAS A Show: “Space Clothes” and
“Tortillas in Space” – HQ
– Noon – 1:30 pm – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 1:30 – 3:00 pm – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 3:00 – 4:30 pm – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 4:30 – 6:00 pm- NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 6:00 – 7:30 pm – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 7:30 – 9:00 pm – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 9:00 – 10:30 pm – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 10:30 – Midnight – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ

June 25, Sunday
– 9:00 – 10:00 am – That NASA Show: “Space Clothes” and “Tortillas
in Space” – HQ
– 10:00 – 11:00 am – That NASA Show: “Space Clothes” and
“Tortillas in Space” – HQ
– 11:00 am – Noon – That NAS A Show: “Space Clothes” and
“Tortillas in Space” – HQ
– Noon – 1:30 pm – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 1:30 – 3:00 pm – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 3:00 – 4:30 pm – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 4:30 – 6:00 pm- NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 6:00 – 7:30 pm – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 7:30 – 9:00 pm – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 9:00 – 10:30 pm – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ
– 10:30 – Midnight – NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report
Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
6/20/00) – HQ

For a complete list of upcoming live television events, see
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html

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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 pm, 6 pm, 9 pm
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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The NASA Daily News Summary is issued each business day at
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For Release: June 22, 2000
Media Advisory m00-123a

ALL TIMES EASTERN

NASA FORMS TEAM TO REVIEW SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE TEST INCIDENT

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NASA FORMS TEAM TO REVIEW SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE TEST INCIDENT

Robert Sackheim, assistant director and chief engineer for
propulsion at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL,
will lead a team to review the automatic shutdown of a recent
Space Shuttle Main Engine test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, MS.
At about 5 seconds into the planned 200-second test of a new high-
pressure fuel turbopump configuration, higher than expected test
temperatures caused the Shuttle Main Engine to shut itself down
using its own internal safety mechanisms.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Kirsten William
(Phone: 202/358-0243).
Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville AL: June
Malone (Phone: 256/544-0034).
Contact at NASA Stennis Space Center, MS: Lanee Cooksey (Phone:
228/688-1957).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-100.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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The NASA Daily News Summary is issued each business day at
approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time. Members of the media who wish
to subscribe or unsubscribe from this list, please send e-mail
message to:

Brian.Dunbar@hq.nasa.gov

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