NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  May 25, 2000
Media Advisory m00-104


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES


  ARCTIC OZONE MAY NOT RECOVER AS EARLY AS PREDICTED

  NASA SELECTS SHARP PLUS STUDENT APPRENTICES FOR 2000



VIDEO

  ***ALL TIMES EASTERN***


  Note:  Due to the Space Shuttle Schedule, the Video File
  will play at noon EDT as usual and then replay along
  with the STS-101 Flight Day Highlights.  For more
  information, watch NASA TV and check the Shuttle Mission
  Schedule for updates at:
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  VIDEO FILE FOR MAY 25, 2000

  ITEM 1 - ARCTIC OZONE THINNING BECAUSE OF BY ACID CLOUDS - AMES
           (REPLAY)
  ITEM 2 - SEAWIFS CAPTURES IMAGE OF HURRICANE ALETTA - GSFC
           (REPLAY)
  ITEM 3 - GRO ANIMATION - GSFC (REPLAY)



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NEWS RELEASES



ARCTIC OZONE MAY NOT RECOVER AS EARLY AS PREDICTED

     The ozone layer that protects life on Earth may not be
recovering from the damage it has suffered over the Arctic region
as quickly as scientists previously thought, according to a paper
published in the May 26 issue of the journal Science.  Specifics
of the research also will be presented at the annual meeting of
the American Geophysical Union in Washington, DC, on May 31.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  David E. Steitz
(Phone:  202/358-1730).
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/2000/00-085.txt



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NASA SELECTS SHARP PLUS STUDENT APPRENTICES FOR 2000

     NASA and the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
have selected 200 high school students as participants in the 2000
NASA Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (SHARP)
PLUS. This year's recipients, selected from over 800 applicants,
represent 146 high schools in 34 states, the District of Columbia,
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

     From June 12 to August 4, SHARP PLUS apprentices will reside
on the campuses of 10 universities (20 per site) that have joined
in partnership with NASA and QEM to implement the program. In
addition to research, apprentices participate in a wide variety of
enrichment activities organized by the host universities. These
activities range from information sessions on math, science and
engineering careers, to test-taking and computer skills workshops,
to an overview of college admissions and financial aid procedures.

     The SHARP PLUS Program is a major strategy for increasing,
strengthening, and diversifying the country's future pool of
mathematics, science, engineering and technology majors and
professionals.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Sonja Alexander
(Phone:  202/358-1761).
Contact at Quality Education for Minorities Network, Washington,
DC:  Daniel Dowds (Phone:  202/659-1818).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-084.txt



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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


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NASA TV Mission Schedule
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html


For a complete list of upcoming live television events, see
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html



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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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