NASA Daily News Summary – Feb. 4, 2000

NASA Daily News Summary

For release: Feb. 4, 2000

m00-022.txt

Summary:
New Results Show Which Way the Wind Blows over the Oceans
Video File  – Feb. 4, 2000
Live Television Event: NASA FY 2001 Budget Briefing, 2:30 p.m. EST,

February 7, 2000.
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New Results Show Which Way the Wind Blows over the Oceans
     Scientists, weather forecasters and the public take

possession of a valuable stream of meteorological and climate

observations this week, as the first calibrated measurements from

NASA’s Seawinds instrument on the Quikscat satellite become

available — information that can improve weather forecasting

around the world.
Full text:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-019.txt
NASA HQ contact: David Steitz (Phone: 202/358-1730)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory contact: Diane Ainsworth (Phone: 818/354-

0850)
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Should any other releases be issued today, a summary will be sent to

this list. An index of NASA News Releases for 2000 can be found at:
     http://www.nasa.gov/releases/2000/
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Video File for Feb. 4, 2000
Item 1 – X-38 Tests Largest Parafoil Ever – JSC
Headquarters Contact:   Kirsten Williams 202/358-0243

JSC Contact:            James Hartsfield 281/483-5111
Item 2 – New Results Show Which Way the Wind Blows over the Oceans- JPL
Headquarters Contact:   Dave Steitz 202/358-1730

JPL Contact:            Diane Ainsworth 818/354-5011
Item 3 – Hubble Heritage Picture – STI (replay)
Headquarters Contact:   Don Savage 202/358-1727

STI Contact:            Ray Villard 410/338-4514
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Item 1 – X-38 Tests Largest Parafoil Ever – JSC
Item 1A:

Title – X-38 Animation

Description – Computer animation of the X-38 Crew Return Vehicle

including docking, flight path, and parafoil parachute deploy.

TRT – 2:54

Supers – Video Courtesy NASA

Center Contact – James Hartsfield

                    281/ 483-5111       
Item 1B:

Title – X-38 Parafoil Flight Test

Description – NASA’s X-38 Crew Return Vehicle team successfully

flies

the world’s largest parafoil parachute on Jan. 19, 2000 at the

Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.

TRT – 2:46

Supers – Video Courtesy NASA

Center Contact – James Hartsfield

                    281/ 483-5111
Item 1C:

Title – John Muratore Interview

Description – NASA X-38 Program Manager John Muratore describes the

X-38 development and the milestones reached in the Jan. 19, 2000

parafoil test.

TRT – 3:48

Supers – Video Courtesy NASA

Center Contact – James Hartsfield

                    281/ 483-5111
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Item 2 – New Results Show Which Way the Wind Blows over the Oceans- JPL
Item 1 – NASA’s Seawinds keeps eye on storms

NASA’s Seawinds instrument on the Quikscat satellite is providing a new

dimension to understanding weather and climate.  Measurements of wind

direction and strength around the world are shown in this animation of

Seawinds data collected in Sept. 1999. Included are the development and

paths of hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific.

TRT – :50
Item 2 – Monsoon Rains over Southern Asia

Seawinds measures surface wind speed and direction over the oceans.

Data collected in Sept. 1999 shows ocean winds that delivered monsoon

rains to southern Asia.

TRT -: 43
Item 3 – NASA’s Seawinds Watches Iceberg Motion in Antarctic

Two icebergs in the Antarctic are seen over a three-week period in Oct.

1999. Locating and tracking icebergs which can present hazards in

shipping lanes is just one advantage of Seawinds, which measures the

winds over the world’s oceans.

TRT -: 26
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Live Television Event:
NASA FY 2001 Budget: A briefing on NASA’s fiscal year 2001 budget

request will be held on Monday, Feb. 7, 2000, at 2:30 p.m. EST in the

James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street, SW,

Washington, DC.
Headquarters contact (budget information): Beth Schmid (Phone:

202/358-1760)
Headquarters contact (television information): Ray Castillo (Phone:

202/358-4555)
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Washington, DC: Ray Castillo 202/358-4555 or Elvia Thompson

202/358-1696.
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Contract Awards
NASA HEADQUARTERS AWARDS RESEARCH SUPPORT CONTRACT

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/contract/2000/c00-b.txt
Contract awards are posted to the NASA Acquisition information

Service Web site: http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html
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