NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: April 19, 2000
Media Advisory m00-78
SUMMARY
NEWS RELEASES:
TERRA SPACECRAFT OPEN FOR BUSINESS
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VIDEO
VIDEO FILE (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
ITEM 1 – TERRA FIRST SCIENCE RESULTS – GSFC
ITEM 2 – STARDUST INTERSTELLAR DUST COLLECTOR – JPL (REPLAY)
ITEM 3 – STS-101 CREW INTERVIEWS (REPLAY)
NOTE: THE TERRA PRESS BRIEFING TODAY IS EXPECTED TO RUN 2 HOURS.
THERE WILL BE NO GALLERY OR EDUCATION HOUR.
LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK
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NEWS RELEASES
TERRA SPACECRAFT OPEN FOR BUSINESS
After a picture-perfect launch into space last December, NASA’s premier Earth Observing System Satellite, Terra, has completed on- orbit checkout and verification and is “open for business.” Terra, an international mission and part of NASA’s Earth Sciences Enterprise, is opening a new window to the Earth and is providing daily information on the health of the planet. First images from the five instruments aboard Terra are being presented during a press briefing today at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
Terra is the first satellite to monitor daily — and on a global scale — how the Earth’s atmosphere, lands, oceans, solar radiation and life influence each other. Terra’s wide array of measurements will give a comprehensive evaluation of the Earth as a system and will establish a new basis for long-term monitoring of the Earth’s climate changes. Images of Terra’s first results can be found on the Internet at:
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov
or
http://terra.gsfc.nasa.gov
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: David E. Steitz
(Phone 202/358-1730).
Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD: Allen
Kenitzer (Phone 301/286-2806).
For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-062.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 EVENTS THIS WEEK:
April 19, Wednesday
– 1:00 – 3:00 pm – Terra First Science Results Press Briefing – HQ
April 20, Thursday
– 5:00 – 11:00 am – Terra First Science Results Live News
Interviews – GSFC
April 21, Friday
– 6:00 – 8:45 am – How Dangerous are the Aurora Borealis? Live
News Interviews – MSFC
– 9:00 am – 9:30 am – STS-101 L-3 Countdown Status Briefing – KSC
– 3:00 pm – STS-101 Crew Arrival at Kennedy Space Center – KSC
– 5:30 – 10:00 pm – Stardust Live News Interviews – JPL
April 22, Saturday
– 9:00 am – STS-101 L-2 Countdown Status Briefing – KSC
– 10:00 am – International Space Station Briefing – KSC
– 4:00 pm – STS-101 Launch Readiness News Conference – KSC
April 23, Sunday
– 9:00 am – STS-101 L-1 Countdown Status Briefing – KSC
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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 degreesWest longitude, with vertical polarization. Frequency is on 3880.0megahertz, 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 willcontinue 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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