NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  August 25, 2000
Media Advisory m00-167

SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES

  Galileo Evidence Points to Possible Water World
  Under Europa's Icy Crust



VIDEO     ***ALL TIMES EASTERN***


  VIDEO FILE FOR AUGUST 25, 2000

  UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS



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NEWS RELEASES


Galileo Evidence Points to Possible Water World
Under Europa's Icy Crust

NASA researchers have the strongest evidence yet that Jupiter's
most mysterious moon hides a fermenting ocean of water underneath
its icy coat. This evidence comes from magnetic readings by NASA's
Galileo spacecraft, reported in the Friday, Aug. 25, edition of
the journal Science. Europa, the fourth largest satellite of
Jupiter, has long been suspected of harboring vast quantities of
water. Since life as we know it requires water, this makes Europa
a prime target for the search of exobiology - life beyond Earth.

Contact for NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Don Savage (Phone:
202/358-1727)
Contact for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory< Pasadena, CA:  Guy
Webster (Phone: 818/ 354-6278)

For full text see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-131.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 File - August 25, 2000

ITEM 1 - VAST OCEAN MAY LURK UNDER EUROPA'S SURFACE
         (ARCHIVE VIDEO)
ITEM 2 - ORION TRAPEZIUM BROWN DWARF PHOTO - STSCI (REPLAY)
ITEM 3 - EXTREME GRAVITY: BENDING TIME AND SPACE - GSFC (REPLAY)



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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.



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UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS


August 28, Monday
- 11:00 a.m. - Noon - Robert Gilruth Memorial Service - JSC

August 29, Tuesday
- 9:00 a.m.   - STS-106 Satellite Validation Testing - KSC
- 10:00 a.m.  - STS-106 Satellite Validation Testing - GSFC
- 11:00 a.m.  - STS-106 Satellite Validation Testing - MSFC
- 1:00 p.m.   - STS-106 Satellite Validation Testing - JSC
- 2:00 p.m.   - STS-106 Satellite Validation Testing - DFRC

August 30, Wednesday
- 9:00 a.m. - STS-106 Satellite Validation Testing  - MILA

August 31, Thursday
- 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. Video Stabalization and Resolution Live News
  Interviews - MSFC


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



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