NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  Mar. 21, 2000
Media Advisory m00-55


SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES:

None Today.


VIDEO:

VIDEO FILE:

None Today.


LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK



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LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK

March 20, Monday
- *Midnight - 1:30 am - FY 2001 Human Space Flight Budget Hearing
   before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics;
   Committee on Science (recorded 3/16/00) - HQ
- *1:30 - 3:00 am - FY 2001 Posture Hearing before the House
   Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies; Appropriations
   Committee (recorded 3/15/00) - HQ

March 22, Wednesday
- 1:00 pm - Gamma Ray Space Science Update - HQ

March 23, Thursday
- 6:00 - 10:00 am - Students Help NASA Test International Space
  Station Science Communications Live News Interviews - MSFC
- 10:00 am - Noon - IMAGE Validation Testing - Vandenberg Air
  Force Base, CA
- 1:00 - 4:00 pm - NASA Management Hearing before the Senate
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space; Commerce, Science
  and Transportation Committee (recorded 3/22/00) - HQ
- 4:00 - 6:00 pm - Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications
  FY 2001 Budget Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Space
  and Aeronautics; Committee on Science - HQ

March 24, Friday
- 6:00 - 10:00 am - Students Help NASA Test International Space
  Station Science Communications Live News Interviews - MSFC
- 1:00 pm - Gamma Ray Observatory Press Conference - HQ
- 2:00 pm - IMAGE L-1 Prelaunch Press Conference - Vandenberg Air
  Force Base, CA

March 25, Saturday
- 2:00 pm - Live Coverage and Commentary of the IMAGE Launch -
  Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
- 3:35 pm - IMAGE Launch - Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA



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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:

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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Contract Awards

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



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Add to NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  March 21, 2000
Media Advisory m00-055a

ALL TIMES EASTERN



BRIEFINGS SET FOR RETURN TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

     A series of briefings will be held at NASA's Johnson Space
Center, Houston, TX, on Monday, March 27, to preview the second
Shuttle mission of the year, marking the return to the
International Space Station.

      The briefings will begin at 9 a.m. EST with an overview of
the International Space Station program, followed at 10 a.m. by a
mission overview briefing.  A briefing on the space walk to be
conducted during the flight will be held at 11 a.m., followed by
the Video File on NASA Television at Noon.  Following a break, a
briefing will be conducted at 1 p.m. on the technical upgrades
made to Atlantis and future upgrades for other Space Shuttles in
the 21st century.  The briefings will conclude with the Crew News
Conference at 2 p.m.

     All of the briefings will be broadcast on NASA TV, which is
available on the GE-2 satellite, transponder 9C, located at 85
degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of
3880 MHz, and audio at 6.8 MHz.

     After the crew news conference, limited round-robin interview
opportunities with the crew will take place for reporters at the
Johnson Space Center and for those reporters who make advance
arrangements to participate by telephone.


Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Kirsten Williams
(Phone: 202/358-0243).
Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX:  Eileen Hawley
(Phone:  281/483-5111).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-010.txt



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If NASA issues additional news releases later today, we will e-
mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list.
Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:
http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html

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The NASA Daily News Summary is issued each business day at
approximately 2 p.m. 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

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