NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  April 7, 2000
Media Advisory m00-69


SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES: NONE TODAY

VIDEO FILE FOR APRIL 6, 2000

Ulysses Sails Through a Comet (replay)
Hubble Heritage: Glowing Eye (replay)
Arctic Ozone - The Gaping Hole (replay)
Students Shoot for the Moon(replay)
FIRST Robotics
Shuttle Atlantis rollout (request)
Earth's Aurora (request)

LIVE EVENT: FIRST Robotics National Finals

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NEWS RELEASES: None today


If NASA issues 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

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VIDEO FILE FOR April 6, 2000


VIDEO


Item 1 - Ulysses Sails Through a Comet (replay)

Item 2 - Hubble Heritage: Glowing Eye (replay)

Item 3 - Arctic Ozone - The Gaping Hole(replay)

Item 4 - Students Shoot for the Moon(replay)

Item 5 - FIRST Robot Competition

Item 6 - Shuttle Atlantis rollout (request)

Item 7 - Special request replay - Earth's Aurora

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Item 5 - FIRST Robot Competition

5a - Broll
The 1999 First Robotics Competition National Championship was held at Epcot, a
Walt
Disney World Resort, on April 22nd. 24th, 1999.  NASA administrator Daniel
Goldin
attended and recieved the Founders1 Award.

Contact - Bill Johnson 321/867-2468

Item 6 - Special Request replay - Shuttle Atlantis rollout
TRT - 1:30

Contact - Bill Johnson 321/867-2468


Item 7 - Special request replay - Earth's Aurora

7a - Auroras, in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere of Earth, are
curtains of
light which develop when charged particles from the Sun collide with the Earth1s
magnetic field and cause molecules and atoms in the atmosphere to glow.
TRT - :30

7b - Aurora Borealis as seen from Alaska
TRT - :30

Contact - Wade Sisler 301/286-6256


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LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK:

April 7, Friday

- 1:00 - 6:00 pm - FIRST Robotics National Finals - Epcot Center,
  Orlando, FL (direct uplink to NTV)
- 7:00 am - 9:30 pm - FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the
  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations
  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) - HQ
- *9:30 - Midnight - FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the
  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations
  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) - HQ

April 8, Saturday

- 8:00 am - 6:00 pm - FIRST Robotics National Finals - Epcot
  Center, Orlando, FL (direct uplink to NTV)

April 9, Sunday

- Noon - 2:30 pm - FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the
  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations
  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) - HQ
- 3:00 - 5:30 pm - FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the
  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations
  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) - HQ
- 6:00 - 8:30 pm - FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the
  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations
  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) - HQ
- 9:00 - 11:30 pm - FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the
  House Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations
  Committee (recorded on 4/6/00) - HQ

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SPECIAL NOTICE TO TV PRODUCERS:  HUBBLE'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY

-------- LIVE SATELLITE INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY --------

Celebrate Hubble's 10th Birthday!

- Take a video tour of some of Hubble's greatest hits
- Five new stamps to be issued of Hubble favorites

In April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) rocketed into
space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery - bringing a brilliant
new golden age of astronomy.  Hubble's stunning pictures have
revolutionized astronomy and astounded the public.  Though Hubble
has only been in operation for 10 years, its phenomenal influence
on our civilization's perception of the vast and mysterious
universe will be felt for a long time to come.

Hubble Project Scientists Dr. David Leckrone and Dr. Malcom
Niedner are available on Monday, April 10, from 5:40 - 11:00 a.m.
EDT to discuss Hubble's legacy of achievement.

Ask the scientists about Hubble:

- Hubble's images have captivated both scientists and the general
public.  How has Hubble changed our understanding of our place in
the universe?  (visual:  beauty montage)

- What are Hubble's greatest discoveries? (visual:  discovery
montage)

- The Post Office is releasing five new stamps today.  Can you
give us a sneak peek at the new stamps? (visual: stamp montage)

- Hubble is the first and only telescope that is serviceable by
spacewalking astronauts.   How have the servicing missions
extended Hubble's scientific powers? (visual:  spacewalk montage).

- What new upgrades do you have planned for Hubble and when will
the astronauts next visit?

- What are the advantages of a spaceborne telescope?

- What is your favorite Hubble image?

To bool a Window:  Deanna Corridon 301-286-0041, Wade Sisler 301-
286-6256, pager 888-474-0914.
TV-Control room number 301-286-6146.

The interviews:  come to you from NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Center in Greenbelt, MD.

- The interviews from 5:40 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. will be broadcast
on GE-2, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees West
longitude.  The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical
and audio is monaural at 6.8 MHz.

- Interviews from 8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. will be broadcast on
KU-Band - Telstar 5, transponder 11 at 97 degrees West longitude,
vertical polarization, frequency - 11929 MHz, and audio at 6.6/6.8
MHz.

B-Roll will be fed at 5:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 10.    Full
video package will run April 10 & 11th during the NASA-TV (GE-2
transponder 9C) Video File feed scheduled for noon EDT.

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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 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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