NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  April 27, 2000
Media Advisory m00-84


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES:

None today.



VIDEO

Video File for April 27, 2000

ALL TIMES EASTERN

ITEM 1 - NEAR MOVIES OF ASTEROID EROS - APL
ITEM 2 - SEAWIFS (AND POSSIBLY TERRA) IMAGES OF FIRES IN THE
         YUCATAN PENINSULA - GSFC
ITEM 3 - SHUTTLE ATLANTIS POWER DRIVE UNIT REPLACED ON PAD - KSC
ITEM 4 - MOC IMAGES - JPL
ITEM 5 - BOOMERANG REVEALS EARLY UNIVERSE IMAGES - NSF/NASA
         (REPLAY)

LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS COMING UP



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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 COMING UP

May 3, Wednesday
- 2:30 a.m. - GOES-L Launch - KSC
- 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Planetary Alignment Live News Interviews
  - JPL

May 11, Thursday
- 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Interstellar Transportation Live News
  Interviews - MSFC
- 1:00 p.m. - Chandra Space Science Update - HQ

May 12, Friday
- 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Satellite Adjustment and Maintenance at all
  NASA uplink sites - All Centers

May 18, Thursday
- 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Fido Robot Testing Live News Interviews- JPL

May 25, Thursday
- 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Lightning Research Live News Interviews
  - MSFC
- 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Voice Driven Animation System Live News
  Interviews - JPL

June 1, Thursday
- 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Inflatable Spacecraft Live News Interview
  - JPL

June 2, Friday
- 5:30 - 11:00 a.m. - Gamma Ray Spectacular Live News Interviews
  - GSFC



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http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/



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