NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  Sept. 5, 2000
Media Advisory m00-173


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES

  None today.



VIDEO     ***ALL TIMES EASTERN***


  VIDEO FILE FOR SEPT. 5, 2000

  UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS



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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 File for Sept. 5, 2000


NOTE: TODAY'S  VIDEOFILE WILL RUN APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 hours

ITEM 1 - SAFARI UPDATE AND FIRES IN AFRICA  - GSFC
ITEM 2 - STS-106 CREW ARRIVAL (REPLAY) - KSC
ITEM 3 - STS-106 ANIMATION, TRAINING AND B-ROLL - JSC (REPLAY)
ITEM 4 - STS-106 ASTRONAUT INTERVIEWS - JSC
  COMMANDER WILCUTT - TRT 6:42
  PILOT ALTMAN - TRT 7:21
  MS 1 LU - TRT 5:50
  MS 2 MASTRACCHIO - TRT 6:42
  MS 3 BURBANK - TRT 7:31
  MS 4 MALENCHENKO - TRT 9:11
  MS 5 MORUKOV - TRT 9:57



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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

September 6, Wednesday
 -9:00 a.m. - STS-106 L-2 Countdown Status Briefing - KSC
- 10:00 a.m. - International Space Station Partner Overview Briefing - KSC
- 4:00 p.m. - STS-106 Launch Readiness News Briefing - KSC

September 7, Thursday
- 5:00 - 8:45 a.m. - TRMM Hurricane Prediction Live News Interviews - GSFC (9:15 -
- 11:00 a.m. - TRMM Hurricane Prediction Live News Interviews - TBD commercial
  satellite)
- 9:00 a.m. - STS-106 L-1 Countdown Status Briefing - KSC

September 8, Friday
- 8:45 a.m. - STS-106 Launch - KSC


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.

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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