NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  April 4, 2000
Media Advisory m00-66


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES:

None Today.



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VIDEO


VIDEO FILE:

None Today.


LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK



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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 4, Tuesday

- 9:00 - 9:45 am - STS-101 Satellite Validation Testing - MILA
- *1:00 - 1:30 pm - Administrator Goldin Addresses JPL Employees
  (recorded on 3/29/00) - HQ
- *1:30 - 2:00 pm - Administrator Goldin Addresses JPL Employees
  (recorded on 3/29/00) - HQ
- *4:00 - 4:30 pm - Administrator Goldin Addresses JPL Employees
  (recorded on 3/29/00) - HQ
- *4:30 - 5:00 pm - Administrator Goldin Addresses JPL Employees
  (recorded on 3/29/00) - HQ
- *7:00 - 7:30 pm - Administrator Goldin Addresses JPL Employees
  (recorded on 3/29/00) - HQ
- *7:30 - 8:00 pm - Administrator Goldin Addresses JPL Employees
  (recorded on 3/29/00) - HQ
- *10:00 - 10:30 pm - Administrator Goldin Addresses JPL Employees
  (recorded on 3/29/00) - HQ
- *10:30 - 11:00 pm - Administrator Goldin Addresses JPL Employees
- (recorded on 3/29/00) - HQ

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



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For Release:  April 4, 2000
Media Advisory m00-066a

ALL TIMES EASTERN



NASA, U.S. POSTAL SERVICE CELEBRATE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH STAMP UNVEILING AND OTHER EVENTS

     On Monday, April 10, 2000, five new commemorative postage
stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service will be unveiled in a
ceremony at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, to
celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 10th anniversary.  The day-
long celebration begins at 9 a.m. EDT with remarks from members
from the Maryland Congressional delegation, NASA Administrator
Daniel Goldin, Goddard Center Director Al Diaz and others.  The
stamp unveiling will begin at approximately 11 a.m., EDT.
Postmaster General William J. Henderson will unveil the new
stamps.  The five stamps feature images of the Eagle Nebula, the
Ring Nebula, the Lagoon Nebula, the Egg Nebula and Galaxy NGC
1316, all taken by Hubble over the past 10 years.  There will also
be two afternoon programs, "Hubble Space Telescope and Beyond,"
and "Servicing Hubble Space Telescope."

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage
(Phone 202/358-1547).
Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:  Nancy
Neal (Phone 301/286-0039).
Contact at U.S. Postal Service, Washington, DC:  Don Smeraldi
(Phone:  202/268-6524)

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-014.txt