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Video File for 4/17/00

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All Times in Eastern

Item 1 – Blue Marble 2000 (amazing image of the Earth) – TRT 2 min.

Item 2 – STS-101 Crew Training – TRT 14 min.

Item 3 – STS-101 Crew Interviews – TRT 57 min.

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Item 1 – Blue Marble 2000 (amazing image of the Earth)

Recalling the famous Apollo-era pictures of Earth taken by lunar astronauts, this digital

image is a spectacular portrait of the Western Hemisphere at the time of one of the

strongest hurricanes ever observed in the Eastern Pacific.

Contact at Headquarters: Dave Steitz, (202) 358-1730.

Contact at Goddard Space Flight Center: Doug Isbell, (301) 286-5687.

Item 2 – STS-101 Crew Training

Contact at Headquarters: Dwayne Brown, (202) 358-1726.

Contact at Johnson Space Center: Kyle Herring (281) 483- 5111.

Item 3 – STS-101 Crew Interviews

Item 3a – Halsell, Commander – TRT 10:45

Item 3b – Horowitz, Pilot – TRT 5:25

Item 3c – Weber, MS 1 – TRT 8:57

Item 3d – Williams, MS 2- TRT 10:45

Item 3e – Voss, MS 3 – TRT 6:55

Item 3f – Helms, MS 4 – TRT 10:05

Item 3g – Usachev, MS 5 – TRT 4:00

Contact at Headquarters: Dwayne Brown (202) 358-1726.

Contact at Johnson Space Flight Center: Doug Peterson (281) 483-5111.

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LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK:

April 17, Monday

1:15 – 1:45 pm – Urban Heat Islands Live News Interview – MSFC

April 18, Tuesday

*2:00 – 4:00 pm – STS Digital Television Test – JSC

April 19, Wednesday

1:00 – 3:00 pm – Terra First Science Results Press Briefing – HQ

April 20, Thursday

5:00 – 11:00 am – Terra First Science Results Live News Interviews – GSFC

April 21, Friday

6:00 – 8:45 am – How Dangerous are the Aurora Borealis? Live News Interviews – MSFC

9:00 am – 9:30 am – STS-101 L-3 Countdown Status Briefing – KSC

3:00 pm – STS-101 Crew Arrival at Kennedy Space Center – KSC

5:30 – 10:00 pm – Stardust Live News Interviews – JPL

April 22, Saturday

9:00 am – STS-101 L-2 Countdown Status Briefing – KSC

10:00 am – International Space Station Briefing – KSC

4:00 pm – STS-101 Launch Readiness News Conference – KSC

Arpril 23, Sunday

9:00 am – STS-101 L-1 Countdown Status Briefing – KSC

 

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TV Producers:

Please note all times, unless otherwise noted, are Eastern Time.

This heads-up announces our most current line-up of stories on

NASA’s daily Video File feed. As we try to provide you the best,

most current service possible, THE LINE-UP MAY CHANGE THROUGHOUT

THE DAY.

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, 3:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m.,

9:00 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.

For general questions about the video file call NASA Headquarters,

Washington, DC: Ray Castillo 202/358-4555 or Fred Brown 202/358-

0713.

 

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