NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  July 11, 2000
Media Advisory m00-133


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES

CHANDRA CAPTURES FLARE FROM BROWN DWARF

ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT OBSERVED

VIDEO

  ***ALL TIMES EASTERN***

Video File for July 11, 2000

ITEM 1 - APOLLO-SOYUZ 25TH ANNIVERSARY VIDEO FILE - HQ
ITEM 2 - 7/10/00 SERVICE MODULE PROCESSING VIDEO - JSC (REPLAY)
ITEM 3 - 7/7/00 SERVICE MODULE PROCESSING FOOTAGE - JSC (REPLAY)
ITEM 4 - ISS ANIMATION - JSC (REPLAY)


  UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS



*****************************


NEWS RELEASES


CHANDRA CAPTURES FLARE FROM BROWN DWARF

     NASA's latest observatory, designed to see the most violent and stunning
cosmic phenomena, captured something unexpected.  The Chandra X-ray Observatory,
orbiting in space about one-third of the way to the moon, saw the first-ever
flare from what's known as a brown dwarf, or failed star.

Full text:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-103.txt


Headquarters contact: Dolores Beasley (Phone: 202/358-1753)

Marshall Space Flight Center contact: Steve Roy (Phone: 256/544-6535)

Chandra X-ray Observatory Center contact: Dr. Wallace Tucker (Phone: 617/496-
7998)

----------------------------

ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT OBSERVED

     With Russia's launch of its major contribution to the International Space
Station imminent, NASA today prepares to mark Saturday's 25th anniversary of an
earlier cooperative human space flight endeavor -- the Apollo Soyuz Test Project
(ASTP).  During the nine-day mission, NASA astronauts docked their Apollo
spacecraft with the Soyuz 19 spacecraft. Today on its Video File feed, NASA
Television will air historical footage of mission activities, including the
docking of the two spacecraft.

     The NASA History Office today introduces an ASTP web page available on the
Internet at:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/astp/index.html

Full text:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-030.txt

Headquarters contact: Sarah Keegan (Phone:  202/358-1902)

----------------------------


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



*****************************

Video File for July 11, 2000

ITEM 1 - APOLLO-SOYUZ 25TH ANNIVERSARY VIDEO FILE - HQ
ITEM 2 - 7/10/00 SERVICE MODULE PROCESSING VIDEO - JSC (REPLAY)
ITEM 3 - 7/7/00 SERVICE MODULE PROCESSING FOOTAGE - JSC (REPLAY)
ITEM 4 - ISS ANIMATION - JSC (REPLAY)

****************************

UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

July 11, Tuesday
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Service Module Live News Interviews - JSC

July 12, Wednesday
12:30 a.m. - Live Coverage and Commentary of Service Module Launch
Begins - Baikonur, Kazakhstan (via JSC)

*12:56 a.m. - Service Module Launch - Baikonur, Kazakhstan (via JSC)

2:30 a.m. - Service Module Post-Launch News Conference - Baikonur,
Kazakhstan (via JSC) (note:  press conference will be live with
questions from Russia only)

5:00 a.m. - Replay of Russian Mission Control Service Module Post-
Launch News Conference - Korolev, Russia (via JSC)
(note:  taped replay of press conference with questions from Russia
only)

6:00 a.m. - Service Module Launch and Post-Launch Video File - JSC

6:45 - 9:00 a.m. - Service Module Live News Interviews - JSC

July 13, Thursday
8:00 a.m. - Service Module Update Report - Korolev, Russia (via JSC)

July 14, Friday
8:00 a.m. - Service Module Update Report - Korolev, Russia (via JSC)

****************************


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



-----------------------------


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/



*****************************


Contract Awards

Contract awards are posted to the NASA Acquisition information
Service Web site: http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html



*****************************


The NASA Daily News Summary is issued each business day at
approximately 2 pm 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



*****************************


end of daily news summary