SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES

CLARIFICATION: NASA TV TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE ZVEZDA
SERVICE MODULE COVERAGE


VIDEO

  ***ALL TIMES EASTERN***

  VIDEO FILE FOR JULY 7, 2000

ITEM 1 - NEW SERVICE MODULE PROCESSING FOOTAGE - BAIKUNOR VIA JSC
ITEM 2 - SERVICE MODULE VIDEO FILE (REPLAY) - JSC
ITEM 3 - ISS ANIMATION - JSC
ITEM 3 - HUBBLE HERITAGE IMAGE - STSCI (REPLAY)

ITEM 4 - LASER SAIL -JSC (REPLAY)


  UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS



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NEWS RELEASES

CLARIFICATION: NASA TV TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE ZVEZDA
SERVICE MODULE COVERAGE

 Live NASA Television coverage of the launch of the Russian
Zvezda Service Module mission to the International Space Station
will begin at 12:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 12.  NASA TV can be
found on GE-2, Transponder 9C, 85 degrees West longitude, vertical
polarization with a frequency of 3880 MHz and audio at 6.8 MHz.

Full text of clarification:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-029a.txt

Full text of complete NASA Note to Editors:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-029.txt

Headquarters contact: Dwayne Brown (Phone:  202/358-1726)

Johnson Space Center contact: Ed Campion (Phone:  281/483-5111)

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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

ITEM 1 - NEW SERVICE MODULE PROCESSING FOOTAGE - BAIKUNOR VIA JSC
ITEM 2 - SERVICE MODULE VIDEO FILE (REPLAY) - JSC
ITEM 3 - ISS ANIMATION - JSC
ITEM 3 - HUBBLE HERITAGE IMAGE - STSCI (REPLAY)

ITEM 4 - LASER SAIL -JSC (REPLAY)
Animation, b-roll, and interviews describing a new interstellar
propulsion system that could be used for future space exploration.

Contact at Headquarters:  Don Savage (202) 358-1727.
Contact at Jet Propulsion Laboratory:  Nancy Lovato (818) 354-0474.

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UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

July 10, Monday
8:00 a.m. - Service Module Final Processing B-roll Feed - Baikonur,
Kazakhstan  (via JSC)

July 11, Tuesday
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Service Module Live News Interviews - JSC

July 12, Wednesday
12:30 a.m. - Live Coverage and Commentary of Service Module Launch
Begins - Baikonur, Kazakhstan (via JSC)

*12:56 a.m. - Service Module Launch - Baikonur, Kazakhstan (via JSC)

2:30 a.m. - Service Module Post-Launch News Conference - Baikonur,
Kazakhstan (via JSC) (note:  press conference will be live with
questions from Russia only)

5:00 a.m. - Replay of Russian Mission Control Service Module Post-
Launch News Conference - Korolev, Russia (via JSC)
(note:  taped replay of press conference with questions from Russia
only)

6:00 a.m. - Service Module Launch and Post-Launch Video File - JSC

6:45 - 9:00 a.m. - Service Module Live News Interviews - JSC

July 13, Thursday
8:00 a.m. - Service Module Update Report - Korolev, Russia (via JSC)

July 14, Friday
8:00 a.m. - Service Module Update Report - Korolev, Russia (via JSC)
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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 pm, 6 pm, 9 pm
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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