NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  June 20, 2000
Media Advisory m00-121


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES

  None Today.



VIDEO

  ***ALL TIMES EASTERN***


  VIDEO FILE FOR JUNE 20, 2000

    ITEM 1 - FUTURE FLIGHT CENTRAL (REPLAY)
    ITEM 2 - PREDICTING CORONAL MASS EJECTION ARRIVAL TIMES - GSFC
             (REPLAY)

  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


UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS


June 21, Wednesday
- *TBD - NASA's Mars Program after the Young Report Hearing Before
   the House Committee on Science (recorded on 6/20/00) - HQ

June 24, Saturday
- 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. - That NASA Show:  "Space Clothes" and
  "Tortillas in Space" - HQ
- 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. - That NASA Show:  "Space Clothes" and
  "Tortillas in Space" - HQ
- 11:00 a.m. - Noon - That NASA Show:  "Space Clothes" and
  "Tortillas in Space" - HQ

June 25, Sunday
- 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. - That NASA Show:  "Space Clothes" and
  "Tortillas in Space" - HQ
- 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. - That NASA Show:  "Space Clothes" and
  "Tortillas in Space" - HQ
- 11:00 a.m. - Noon - That NASA Show:  "Space Clothes" and
  "Tortillas in Space" - HQ

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.

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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Contract Awards

Contract awards are posted to the NASA Acquisition information
Service Web site: http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html



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Add to NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  June 20, 2000
Media Advisory m00-112a

ALL TIMES EASTERN


SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT SELECTS NASA FOR VIRTUAL REALITY STUDY



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SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT SELECTS NASA FOR VIRTUAL REALITY STUDY

     A synthetic airport, created in the computer mind of a two-
story NASA simulator, will help San Francisco airport, one of the
country's largest and most complex, plan changes to increase its
efficiency.

     The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Commission has
selected NASA's FutureFlight Central, the world's only walk-in,
full-scale, 360-degree airport simulator, to evaluate new tower
positions, runway configuration and aircraft movements before new
construction begins.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Michael Braukus
(Phone: 202/358-1979).
Contact at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA:  John
Bluck (Phone: 650/604-5026).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-097.txt



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mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list.
Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:
http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html

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