NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  May 11, 2000
Media Advisory m00-94


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES


  IMPACT! CHANDRA IMAGES A YOUNG SUPERNOVA BLAST WAVE



VIDEO

  ***ALL TIMES EASTERN***

  VIDEO FILE FOR MAY 11, 2000

     ITEM 1 - CHANDRA VIEWS A YOUNG SUPERNOVA BLAST WAVE
     ITEM 2 - HUBBLE HERITAGE IMAGE:  GALACTIC SILHOUETTE
              - STSCI
     ITEM 3 - POLLUTANT INDICATED IN EARTH'S CLIMATE
              CHANGE - AMES
     ITEM 4 - INTERSTELLAR SPACE TRANSPORTATION - MSFC
              (REPLAY)

  UPCOMING LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS



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NEWS RELEASES


IMPACT! CHANDRA IMAGES A YOUNG SUPERNOVA BLAST WAVE

     Two images made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory,
one in October 1999, the other in January 2000, show for
the first time the full impact of the actual blast wave
from Supernova 1987A (SN1987A). The observations are the
first time that X-rays from a shock wave have been imaged
at such an early stage of a supernova explosion.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Dolores Beasley
(Phone: 202/358-1753).
Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL:
Steve Roy (Phone: 256/544-6535).
Contact at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge,
MA:  Dr. Wallace Tucker (Phone: 617/496-7998).

For images see:  http://chandra.harvard.edu
                             and
                 http://chandra.nasa.gov

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-077.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


LIVE TELEVISION COMING UP THIS WEEK

May 11, Thursday
- 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Interstellar Transportation Live News
  Interviews - MSFC
- 10:00 a.m. - Noon - Earth Sciences FY 2001 Budget  Hearing
  Before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded
  on 5/10/00) - HQ
- 1:00 p.m. - Chandra Space Science Update - HQ

May 12, Friday
- 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Satellite Adjustment and Maintenance at all
  NASA uplink sites - All Centers

May 13, Saturday
- 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Earth Sciences FY 2001 Budget  Hearing Before
  the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on
  5/10/00) - HQ
- 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Earth Sciences FY 2001 Budget  Hearing Before
  the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on
  5/10/00) - HQ
- 10:00 p.m. - Midnight - Earth Sciences FY 2001 Budget  Hearing
  Before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded
  on 5/10/00) - HQ

May 14, Sunday
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm - Earth Sciences FY2001 Budget Hearing Before the
  House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on
  5/10/00) - HQ
- 6:00 - 8:00 pm - Earth Sciences FY2001 Budget Hearing Before the
  House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on
  5/10/00)   - HQ
- 11:30 pm - STS-101 Crew Arrival - KSC


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



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megahertz, with audio on 6.8 megahertz.

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Washington, DC: Ray Castillo, 202/358-4555, or Fred Brown,
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For general information about NASA TV see:
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