NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: Feb. 15, 2000
Media Advisory m00-028


SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES:
No news releases today.

VIDEO:  ALL TIMES EASTERN

Noon -- Video File:

ITEM 1 - SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION (SRTM) NEW IMAGES OF EARTH
         AS PRESENTED AT THE FEB. 14, 2000 MISSION STATUS BRIEFING

ITEM 2 - NEAR EARTH ASTEROID RENDEZVOUS (NEAR) MISSION
         FIRST IMAGES

ITEM 3 - STARSHINE TO RE-ENTER EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
         IN A BLAZE OF GLORY - GSFC

ITEM 4 - NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES INDUCTS CARRUTHERS
         INTO ITS PORTRAIT GALLERY


4 p.m. -- STS-99 Mission Status Briefing, Johnson Space Center,
Houston


For the up-to-date NTV Schedule during Space Shuttle mission STS-99
see:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html



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Other Live Television Events This Week:

February 17, Thursday
* 9:00 - 11:00 am - NASA FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing
  Before House Science Committee (tape delayed from 2/16/00) - HQ
* 1:00 pm - NEAR Early Science Results Press Briefing - HQ

February 18, Friday
* 10:30 - Noon - International Space Station: Expedition 2000
  (tape delayed from 2/17/00)


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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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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.

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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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