NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: October 8, 1998

Media Advisory 98-46

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

Hubble Goes to the Limit in Search of Farthest Galaxies

NASA Unveils "Superstars of Modern Aeronautics" Painting
Conference Reviews Progress of NASA Aeronautics Program
Preflight Briefings For STS-95 Mission Set for Oct. 15
NASA Contributes Technology to War on Cancer

NASA Video File for Oct. 8, 1998

Upcoming Live Events:

Live Television Events Related to STS-95
Aeronautics Conference, Oct. 9

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HUBBLE GOES TO THE LIMIT IN SEARCH OF FARTHEST GALAXIES

Stretching the vision of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope

farther across space and further back into time than ever
before, astronomers have peered into a previously unseen
realm of the universe. A "long exposure" infrared image
taken with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object
Spectrometer (NICMOS) has uncovered the faintest galaxies
ever seen. Astronomers believe some of these galaxies could
be over 12 billion light-years away (depending on
cosmological models) making them the farthest objects ever
seen.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Don Savage

202/358-1547.
Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:
Bill Steigerwald 301/286-5017.
Contact at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD:
Ray Villard 410/338-4514.

Full text available at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1998/98-179.txt

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NASA UNVEILS "SUPERSTARS OF MODERN AERONAUTICS" PAINTING

Twelve NASA scientists and engineers, selected as

"Superstars of Modern Aeronautics," were recognized today in
a special ceremony at NASA's Lewis Research Center,
Cleveland, OH, where a painting portraying their images was
unveiled. The painting, by artist Alexander Bostic, was
created to highlight NASA's Aeronautics program and to
recognize a few of the many talented individuals who have
contributed to the excellence of the United States' civil and
military aircraft and air transportation system.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael

Braukus: 202/358-1979.
Contact at NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH: Lori
Rachul 216/433-8806

Full text available at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1998/98-181.txt

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CONFERENCE REVIEWS PROGRESS OF NASA AERONAUTICS PROGRAM

One year ago, NASA set ten bold aeronautics and space
transportation goals that will have a dramatic impact on the
United States into the 21st Century. On Friday, Oct. 9,
1998, NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH, will host
the inaugural "Turning Goals Into Reality" conference to
present the progress being made toward those goals. NASA
representatives, university and industry partners, who
developed the ten outcome-based goals, along with airlines,
aircraft maintenance companies, air cargo firms and other
government organizations, will come together to review and
assess NASA's technology programs, partnerships and overall
progress.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael

Braukus: 202/358-1979.
Contact at NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH: Lori
Rachul 216/433-8806

Full text available at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1998/98-180.txt
The conference will be cybercast live through NASA's Learning
Technologies Channel. See:
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/Itc/lewis/tgir/index.html

Additional activities, NASA Facts, educational resources and

the Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology Annual
Progress Report 1997-98, can be found on the conference Web
site:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/aero/conf98/

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PREFLIGHT BRIEFINGS FOR STS-95 MISSION SET FOR OCT. 15

A series of background briefings on the upcoming STS-95

mission, which will feature the return of John Glenn to space
and more than 80 scientific experiments investigating
mysteries that range from the inner universe of the human
body to studies of our own Sun, will be held on Thursday,
Oct. 15, at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, TX,
beginning at 9 a.m. EDT.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Jennifer
McCarter 202/358-1639.
Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Eileen
Hawley 281/483-5111.

Full text available at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1998/n98-064.txt

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NASA CONTRIBUTES TECHNOLOGY TO WAR ON CANCER

In observance of October as Breast Cancer Awareness

Month, NASA will release information on new ways aerospace
research and technology is helping in the understanding,
detection and treatment of all types of cancer.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Terri Hudkins,
202/358-1977.

Full text available at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1998/n98-062.txt

Note to Subscribers: A resource list for this story was

appended to the news summary dated Oct. 1, 1998.
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If any more news releases are issued later today, summaries

and Internet URLs will be e-mailed to this list.

Index of NASA News Releases:

http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1998/index.html

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VIDEO FILE FOR OCT. 8, 1998

NOTE: NASA TV will carry the TCDT Pad Question and Answer
session live at approximately 1:15 p.m. EDT. This event will
be replayed at 3 p.m. EDT on the video file.

Item 1: Hubble Sees Farthest Galaxy Ever

Hubble animation of the farthest galaxy ever viewed.
Contact at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD:
Ray Villard 410/338-4515.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Don Savage
202/358-1727.

Item 2: John Glenn STS-95 Crew Interview - 8/20/98 (replay)

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Eileen
Hawley 281/483-5111.

Item 3: John Glenn History/Training B-Roll (Replay)

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Eileen
Hawley 281/483-5111.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo
202/358-4555.

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Castillo, 202/358-4555.
NASA Television is available on GE-2, transponder 9C at 85
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The most recent NASA Video File Advisory can be found at:
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UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS

Events Related to STS 95:

Oct. 8, Thursday

10 - 10:55 a.m. EDT -- STS-95 NASA Test Director press

conference -- KSC

1:15 p.m. EDT -- STS-95 Crew Terminal Countdown Demonstration

Test -- KSC
(Questions from local media from the launch pad)

Oct. 9, Friday

5:30 - 11 a.m. -- STS 95 TCDT Crew Activities (Breakfast,

walkout, strap-in) -- KSC

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