NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Feb. 14, 2000 Media Advisory m00-027 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES: No releases today. VIDEO: ALL TIMES EASTERN Live Television Events today (other than STS-99 mission-related): 9:00 am - Noon - NEAR MIssion Live Coverage - APL via GSFC 2:00 pm - NEAR Encounter Press Briefing - APL via GSFC Video File: Due to Live Coverage of Space Shuttle Mission STS-99, video file will only run at 12:30 pm today. ITEM 1 - A VALENTINE FROM MARS --------------- 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 ***************************** 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 ***************************** Video File for Feb. 14, 2000 ITEM 1 - A VALENTINE FROM MARS----------------------------TRT :15 The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) captured this unique view of a bright, heart-shaped mesa in the south polar region on Nov. 26, 1999. This feature is located in the Promethei Rupes region near 79.6 degrees S, 298.3 degrees W. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the lower left. The heart is about 279 yards across. The presence of this mesa indicates that the darker, rough terrain that surrounds it was once covered by a layer of the bright material. For more information see: http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2_11_00_valentines/index.html ----------------------------- 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/ ***************************** Contract Awards Contract awards are posted to the NASA Acquisition information Service Web site: http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html ***************************** The NASA Daily News Summary is issued each business day at approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time. Members of the media who wish to subscribe or unsubscribe from this list, please send e-mail message to: Brian.Dunbar@hq.nasa.gov ***************************** end of daily news summary
Add to NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Feb. 14, 2000 Media Advisory m00-027a ALL TIMES EASTERN NOTE: Later today, NASA will post NEW IMAGES related to these ongoing missions: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), STS-99 at approximately 4:00 pm, following the Mission Status Briefing Mission footage will play again during Flight Day Highlights at 7:00 pm with replays at at 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm, 11:00 pm & midnight images on the web at:Home Pagehttp://www.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ http://www.dfd.dlr.de/srtm/html/newtoday_en.htm Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Mission at approximately 5:00 pm, on this website: http://near.jhuapl.edu/ ********** If NASA issues additional news releases later today, we will e- mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list. Index of 1999 NASA News Releases: http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html ********** The NASA Daily News Summary is issued each business day at approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time. Members of the media who wish to subscribe or unsubscribe from this list, please send e-mail message to: Brian.Dunbar@hq.nasa.gov ********** end of add to daily news summary
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