NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: Feb. 11, 2000
Media Advisory m00-026


SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES:
NEXT SPACE STATION COMPONENT TO LAUNCH BETWEEN JULY 8-14
(see detail below)


VIDEO:  ALL TIMES EASTERN

Due to Live Coverage of Space Shuttle Mission STS-99, we will have
no videofile today.

For the up-to-date NTV Schedule during Space Shuttle missions see:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html



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NOTE:  LOCAL STORY ANGLES FOR SHUTTLE MISSION STS-99

Students from 21 states and three foreign countries are
participating in EarthKAM, a NASA-sponsored program that enables
middle school students to take photographs of the Earth from a
camera aboard the Space Shuttle.  During missions, students work
collectively and use interactive web pages to target images and
investigate the Earth from the unique perspective of space.  The
University of California at San Diego houses the EarthKAM Mission
Operations Center (MOC).

For more information on EarthKAM, see:
http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/STS-99/payload46.htm

The following schools are participating in the EarthKam
observations on STS-99:

CALIFORNIA
Valley Junior High School, Carlsbad, CA
Challenger Middle School, Escondido, CA
Pacific Union School, Redwood, Fieldbrook CA
Irvine Unified School District
Lakeside Middle School, Irvine, CA
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, Irvine, CA
Sierra Vista Middle School, Irvine, CA
South Lake Middle School, Irvine, CA
Venado Middle School, Irvine, CA
Vista Verde Elementary School, Irvine, CA
Olive Peirce Middle School, Ramona, CA
AG Bell Junior High School, San Diego, CA
Gompers Middle School, San Diego, CA
Marston Middle School, San Diego, CA
M.L. King Middle School, San Diego, CA

COLORADO
West Middle School, Colorado Springs, CO

FLORIDA
Ronald McNair Middle School, Cocoa, FL
Space Coast Middle School, Cocoa, FL

INDIANA
South Ripley Elementary School, Versailles, IN

KANSAS
California Trail Junior High School, Olathe, KS
Frontier Trail Junior High School, Olathe, KS
Indian Trail Junior High School, Olathe, KS
Pioneer Trail Junior High School, Olathe, KS
Santa Fe Trail Junior High School, Olathe, KS

LOUISIANA
Clearwood Junior High School, Lacombe, LA
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Slidell, LA

MAINE
Brunswick Junior High School, Orr's Island, ME

MARYLAND
Southern High School, Baltimore, MD

MASSACHUSETTS
Diamond Middle School, Acton, MA
F.A. Day Middle School, Arlington, MA
McCarthy Middle School, Chelmsford, MA
Parker Middle School, Chelmsford, MA
Jonas Clarke Middle School, Lexington, MA

MISSOURI
Cassville Middle School, Cassville, MO
Warrensburg Middle School, Warrensburg, MO
Carthage Junior High School, Webb City, MO

NEBRASKA
Harrison Elementary, Omaha, NE
Kiewit Middle School, Omaha, NE
McMillan Magnet Center, Omaha, NE
Russell Middle School, Omaha, NE
Skinner Magnet Center, Omaha, NE

NORTH CAROLINA
Davis Drive Middle School, Apex, NC
Dunn Middle School, Dunn, NC
North Carolina State University, Fuquay-Yarina, NC
Pine Hall Elementary School, Pine Hall, NC
Magellan Charter School, Raleigh, NC
East Lee Middle School, Sanford, NC
Wake Forest-Roleville Middle School, Wake Forest, NC
Cedar Creek Middle School, Youngsville, NC

OHIO
F. D. Roosevelt Middle School, Cleveland, OH

OKLAHOMA
Kenneth Cooper Middle School, Oklahoma City, OK
Mayfield Middle School, Oklahoma City, OK
Putnam City Schools, Oklahoma City, OK
Western Oaks Middle School, Oklahoma City, OK

SOUTH CAROLINA
Drayton Hall Middle School, Charleston, SC
James Island Middle School, Charleston, SC
Porter-Gaud Lower School, Charleston, SC
Hanahan Elementary, Goose Creek, SC
College Park Middle School, Hickory, SC
Belle Hall Elementary, Isle of Palms, SC
Cario Middle School, Mt. Pleasant, SC

SOUTH DAKOTA
Patrick Henry Middle School, Baltic, SD

TENNESSEE
John Trotwood Moore Middle School, Nashville, TN

TEXAS
Kimbrough Middle School, Mesquite, TX
Seabrook Intermediate School, Seabrook, TX
Webster Intermediate School, Webster, TX

VIRGINIA
Point Option, Gloucester, VA
Davis Middle School, Hampton, VA
Yorktown Middle School, Hayes, VA
Hickory Middle School, Norfork, VA
Jones Magnet Middle School, Norfolk, VA

WEST VIRGINIA
Warwood Middle School, Wheeling, WV

WISCONSIN
Spring Harbor Environmental, Madison, WI

INTERNATIONAL
FRANCE
"École Nationale de Chimie, Physique, Biologie," Paris, France

GERMANY
Maria-Sibylla-Merian Gymnasium, Germany
Sankt Ursula-Gymnasium Bruhl, Germany

JAPAN
Ino Junior High School, Japan
Kansai Soka Jr/Sr. High School, Japan
Meikei Junior High School, Japan
Yamamuro Jr. High School, Japan



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NEXT SPACE STATION COMPONENT TO LAUNCH BETWEEN JULY 8-14

     Launch of the International Space Station's next component --
the Zvezda service module -- is scheduled to occur between July 8
and 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA and the
Russian Aviation and Space Agency announced today.  Zvezda
(Russian for "Star") -- the early living quarters for crews aboard
the station -- be launched on a Proton rocket with second and
third stage engines modified to increase reliability.

     The 42,000 pound Zvezda not only provides the early living
quarters for astronauts and cosmonauts, but also the life support
system, electrical power distribution, data processing system,
flight control system, and propulsion.  While many of these
systems will be supplemented or replaced by later U.S. station
components, Zvezda always will remain the structural and
functional center of the Russian segment of the International
Space Station.  Launch of Zvezda sets the stage for the launch of
other ISS components undergoing final testing at NASA's Kennedy
Space Center in Florida.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Debra Rahn (Phone
202/358-1638).
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Dwayne C. Brown
(Phone 202/358-1726).
Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX:  Kyle Herring
(Phone 281/483-5111).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-025.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 Feb. 11, 2000

No video file to day due to space shuttle mission coverage.



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Unless otherwise noted, ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN.

ANY CHANGES TO THE 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 Elvia Thompson,
202/358-1696, elvia.thompson@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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