NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  April 21, 2000
Media Advisory m00-80


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES:

None today.



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VIDEO


VIDEO FILE (ALL TIMES EASTERN) FOR APRIL 21, 2000

Item 1 - Space Weather: Aurora Borealis - MSFC
Item 2 - NASA recycles hypergolics as fertilizer - KSC (replay?)
Item 3 - Landsat 7 Tours US Cities - GSFC (replay)
Item 4 - Glass Cockpit - LaRC (replay)
Item 5 - SRTM - San Andreas Fault Flyover - JPL (replay)
Item 6 - STS-101 Crew Interviews (replay)
Item 7 - Research Wind Turbine test -AMES (replay)

Gallery:  Earth Today - GSFC (10 min. video)

LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK

SPECIAL NOTICE TO MORNING TV PRODUCERS & SCIENCE WRITERS



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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 21, Friday

3:00 p.m. - STS-101 Crew Arrival at Kennedy Space Center - KSC
4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Stardust Live News Interviews - JPL

April 22, Saturday
9:00 a.m. - STS-101 L-2 Countdown Status Briefing - KSC
10:00 a.m. - International Space Station Briefing - KSC
4:00 p.m. - STS-101 Launch Readiness News Conference - KSC
5:00 p.m. - Midnight - Launch Pad Shot - KSC

April 23, Sunday
00:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Launch Pad Shot - KSC
9:00 a.m. - STS-101 L-1 Countdown Status Briefing - KSC
9:30 a.m. - Midnight - Launch Pad Shot - KSC

April 24, Monday
00:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Launch Pad Shot - KSC
10:00 a.m. - Launch Coverage and Commentary of STS-101 Begins - KSC
4:15 p.m. - Launch of STS-101 (Atlantis) - KSC



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SPECIAL NOTICE TO MORNING PRODUCERS & SCIENCE REPORTERS

From:  Fred Brown, NASA TV Producer
       (321) 867-2537 or (321) 867-7765
       PAGER (800) 7559-8888 PIN #1239840
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NASA RETURNS TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

*  The development of the International Space Station (ISS) continues during
NASA's second shuttle flight of the year when Atlantis is launched on Monday April
24, at 4:15 p.m. on STS-101, the 98th flight in program history.

*  On STS-101, Atlantis will fly as the most updated Space Shuttle ever, with more
than 100 new modifications incorporated during a 10-month period at Boeing's
Palmdale, CA, Shuttle facility in 1998.  Atlantis last flight in space was in
support of the STS-86 mission in 1997.

New Technology

*  Space Shuttle Atlantis is the first shuttle to fly with the new glass cockpit.
The glass cockpit replaces obsolete instruments and three monochrome computer
screens with 11 full-color graphical displays.

*  The glass cockpit, or the Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem, paves the
way for the next cockpit improvements that are planned for 2005:  a smart cockpit
that reduces a pilot's workload during critical periods.

Space Walk

*  Mission Specialists James Voss and Jeffrey Williams will perform a planned
space walk during the second logistics mission to the International Space Station.
On flight day 4, Voss and Williams will leave Space Shuttle Atlantis to complete
the assembly of a Russian crane, test the integrity of a U.S. crane, replace a
faulty communications antenna, install handrails and set up a camera cable.  The
space walk is expected to last about 6 1/2 hours.

Astronaut Interview

*  Astronaut Edward Tsang Lu (Ph.D.), originally scheduled to serve as a mission
specialist on STS-101, will be available to answer questions from 6:30 – 9:30 am
at the Kennedy Space Center, FL.  Born July 1, 1963, in Springfield, MA, Lu
Considers Honolulu, HI, and Webster, NY, to be his hometowns.  Dr Lu is scheduled
to fly on STS-106 as a mission specialist.

Ask Dr. Lu:

* What are the advantages of the new cockpit over the previous
  model?
* How will the glass cockpit benefit commercial aviation?
* What work will be done on the International Space Station?

LIVE SATELLITE INTERVIEWS WILL BE BROADCAST MONDAY APRIL 24 FROM 6:30-9:30 AM EDT
ON TELSTAR 5 (97 DEGREES WEST) TRANSPONDER 11(FULL) VERTICAL DOWNLINK FREQUENCY
11929.0 MHZ



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Unless otherwise noted, ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN.

ANY CHANGES TO THE VIDEO LINE-UP WILL APPEAR ON THE NASA VIDEO
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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.

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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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