NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  June 23, 2000
Media Advisory m00-124


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES


  PICTURES/VIDEO RELEASED:  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC
    JOURNALISTS "STUDENT CAMPUS" VISITS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER

  JUNE 28 PRESS CONFERENCE WILL DESCRIBE NEXT
    INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION COMPONENT -- ZVEZDA LIVING
    QUARTERS


VIDEO

  ***ALL TIMES EASTERN***


  VIDEO FILE FOR JUNE 23, 2000

  ITEM 1 - EVIDENCE OF LIQUID WATER ON MARS
  ITEM 2 - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC JOURNALISTS VISIT NASA



  UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS



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NEWS RELEASES


JUNE 28 PRESS CONFERENCE WILL DESCRIBE NEXT
  INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION COMPONENT -- ZVEZDA LIVING
  QUARTERS

A news conference will be held at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 28,
at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, to provide an
overview of the next International Space Station (ISS) component,
the Zvezda Service Module, scheduled to launch in July.  The
Russian-provided Zvezda will be the station's early crew quarters
and provide key life support, propulsion, navigation,
communications and other equipment. Launch is tentatively planned
aboard a Russian Proton rocket between July 10 and 12 from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.  The briefing will be carried
live on NASA Television, and reporters at other NASA centers may
participate.

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

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-027.txt



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PICTURES/VIDEO RELEASED:  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC
JOURNALISTS "STUDENT CAMPUS" VISITS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER

NASA has released pictures and video capturing the visit of forty
aspiring journalists to NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX,
on June 19, during which the students participated in a press
briefing from Astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz.  The visit was part
of a "Student Campus" educational effort sponsored by the National
Association of Hispanic Journalists, currently holding its annual
conference in Houston.  The group had an opportunity for an inside
look at the historic Mission Control Center and heard from Milt
Heflin, an experienced flight director who is currently deputy
chief of the Flight Director Office.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington DC:  Sonja Alexander
(Phone 202/358-1761).
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/media/2000/m00-125.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


UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

June 24, Saturday
- 9:00 - 10:00 am - That NASA Show: "Space Clothes" and "Tortillas
  in Space" - HQ
- 10:00 - 11:00 am - That NASA Show: "Space Clothes" and
  "Tortillas in Space" - HQ
- 11:00 am - Noon - That NAS A Show: "Space Clothes" and
  "Tortillas in Space" - HQ
- Noon - 1:30 pm - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ
- 1:30 - 3:00 pm - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ
- 3:00 - 4:30 pm - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ
- 4:30 - 6:00 pm- NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ
- 6:00 - 7:30 pm - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ
- 7:30 - 9:00 pm - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
   6/20/00) - HQ
- 9:00 - 10:30 pm - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ
- 10:30 - Midnight - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ

June 25, Sunday
- 9:00 - 10:00 am - That NASA Show: "Space Clothes" and "Tortillas
  in Space" - HQ
- 10:00 - 11:00 am - That NASA Show: "Space Clothes" and
  "Tortillas in Space" - HQ
- 11:00 am - Noon - That NAS A Show: "Space Clothes" and
  "Tortillas in Space" - HQ
- Noon - 1:30 pm - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ
- 1:30 - 3:00 pm - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ
- 3:00 - 4:30 pm - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ
- 4:30 - 6:00 pm- NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ
- 6:00 - 7:30 pm - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ
- 7:30 - 9:00 pm - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
   6/20/00) - HQ
- 9:00 - 10:30 pm - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ
- 10:30 - Midnight - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report
  Hearing Before the House Committee on Science (recorded on
  6/20/00) - HQ

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



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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 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/



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