Video File for April 19, 2000
11:00 a.m.
ALL TIMES EASTERN
ITEM 1 – TERRA FIRST SCIENCE RESULTS – GSFC
ITEM 2 – STARDUST INTERSTELLAR DUST COLLECTOR – JPL (REPLAY)
ITEM 3 – STS-101 CREW INTERVIEWS (REPLAY)
**NOTE: THE TERRA PRESS BRIEFING TODAY IS EXPECTED TO RUN
2 HOURS. THERE WILL BE NO GALLERY OR EDUCATION HOUR.
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VIDEO FILE
ITEM 1 – TERRA FIRST SCIENCE RESULTS – GSFC
NASA’s premier Earth Observing System Satellite, Terra, has completed on-orbit checkout and verification after its December launch and is collecting data that will help us understand our global environment. Terra, an international mission and part of NASA’s Earth Sciences enterprise, is opening a new window to the Earth and is providing daily information on the health of the planet. First images collected by the five instruments aboard Terra are being premiered today.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dave Steitz, (202)
358-1730.
Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD: Doug
Isbell, (301) 286-5687.
ITEM 2 – STARDUST INTERSTELLAR DUST COLLECTOR – JPL (REPLAY)
ITEM 3 – STS-101 CREW INTERVIEWS (REPLAY)
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
Seven astronauts, led by veteran Commander Jim Halsell (Col., USAF), will link up to the international outpost two days after launch and will spend six days docked to the ISS, four of which will be spent refurbishing and replacing components in both the Zarya and Unity modules. Two crew members will perform a six and a half hour space walk the day after docking to install a Russian “Strela” cargo boom on the outside of Zarya, as well as replace a faulty radio antenna associated with the early communications system on Unity and perform several other tasks in advance of space walks on future station assembly missions.Halsell, who is making his fifth flight into space and third as a Commander, will be joined by veteran Pilot Scott Horowitz (Lt. Col., USAF), who is making his third flight. Mission Specialists include Dr. Mary Ellen Weber, making her second flight, Jeff Williams (LTC, USA), making his first trip into space, Jim Voss (COL, USA, ret.), embarking on his fourth flight, Susan Helms (Col., USAF), making her fourth flight, and veteran Russian cosmonaut Yuri Usachev, who is making his third flight into space and who has logged 376 days in space and six space walks during two previous missions aboard the Mir Space Station. Usachev and fellow cosmonaut Yuri Onufrienko hosted astronaut Shannon Lucid during Usachev_s second flight on the Mir.
Contact at Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dwayne Brown (Phone 202/358-1726).Contact at NASA Johnson Space Flight Center, Houston, TX: Doug Peterson (Phone 281/483-5111).
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LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK:
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
April 23, Sunday
– 9:00 am – STS-101 L-1 Countdown Status Briefing – KSC
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