The first imagery showing the damage to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La., is available on the Internet and will air during today’s NASA TV noon EDT videofile. The Michoud facility manufactures Space Shuttle external fuel tanks.

The facility received some damage to its buildings during Hurricane Katrina. First reports suggest none of the External Tanks were significantly damaged by the storm. The images are on the Web, at: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/katrina_gallery/Gallery2.html

For continental North America, NASA TV is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception. It’s available in Alaska and Hawaii in analog on AMC-7, at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. For information about NASA TV, including complete digital downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Family members seeking information about NASA employees and others sheltering at Stennis Space Center and Michoud may call: 256/544-4700

For Stennis/Michoud updates on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/hurricane

Call: 888/362-4323 for recorded updates about NASA relief operations.