NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  Sept. 8, 2000
Media Advisory m00-176


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES


  COMPUTER SIMULATION REVEALS UPS AND DOWNS OF JUPITER'S WINDS



VIDEO     ***ALL TIMES EASTERN***


  VIDEO FILE FOR SEPT. 8, 2000

  UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS



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NEWS RELEASES


COMPUTER SIMULATION REVEALS UPS AND DOWNS OF JUPITER'S WINDS

Waves of up-and-down winds that span great ranges in air pressure
may explain the surprisingly clear, dry areas near Jupiter's
equator, new research based on data from NASA's Galileo entry
probe indicates.

Scientists have been trying to understand the stability of these
clear "hot spots" ever since the probe plunged into one of them
nearly five years ago. An explanation of how these deep holes in
Jupiter's clouds could persist is reported in today's edition of
the journal Science by Dr. Adam Showman, of NASA's Ames Research
Center, Moffett Field, CA, and Dr. Timothy Dowling, director of
the University of Louisville's Comparative Planetology Laboratory
in Kentucky.


Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Donald Savage
(Phone:  202/358-1547)
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA: Guy
Webster (Phone:  818/354-6278)

For full text see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-138.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 for Sept. 8, 2000


THERE IS NO NASA TV VIDEO FILE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY DUE TO MISSION
OPERATIONS. THE VIDEO FILE SERVICE WILL RESUME MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
11, AND WILL BE AIRED ONE TIME DAILY DURING SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION
STS-106.



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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 8, Friday
- 3:30 a.m. - Live Coverage and Commentary for STS-106 Begins -
  KSC
- 8:45 a.m. - STS-106 Launch - KSC

September 12, Tuesday
- 1:00 p.m. - Chandra Space Science Update - Live from NASA HQ

September 13, Wednesday
- 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Health Benefits From Space Live News
  Interviews - JPL

September 14, Thursday
- 1:30 p.m. - STS-92 TCDT Pad Q & A (questions from Kennedy only)
  - KSC
- 5:00 - 7:15 p.m. - First Long Duration Science Experments on the
  ISS Live News Interviews -MSFC

September 15, Friday
- 5:00 - 7:15 p.m. - First Long Duration Science Experments on the
  ISS Live News Interviews -MSFC

September 18, Monday
- 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Typhoons and Hurricanes Can't Hide From
  NASA's Seawinds Live News Interviews - JPL

September 19, Tuesday
- 3:54 a.m. - STS-106 Landing - KSC
- 1:00 p.m. - NOAA-L L-1 Prelaunch Briefing - VAFB


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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