NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Mar. 13, 2000

Media Advisory m00-48

SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES:

None today.

VIDEO:

VIDEO FILE:

ITEM 1 - SOHO SEES FAR SIDE OF THE SUN - GSFC

(replay)
ITEM 2 - CRUSTAL THICKNESS ON MARS (MOLA 3-D) - GSFC (replay)

LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK

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LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK

March 13, Monday

9:00 - 11:00 am - Latest Mars Orbiter Altimeter (MOLA) Images Live
News Interviews - GSFC

March 14, Tuesday

5:00 - 7:00 pm - KC-135 Student Campaign Live News Interviews -
JSC

March 16, Thursday

6:00 - 10:00 am - International Space Station Repair Kit Live News
Interviews - MSFC

1:00 - 4:00 pm - FY2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the House

Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent
Agencies (recorded 3/15/00) - HQ

5:00 - 7:00 pm - KC-135 Student Campaign Live News Interviews -

JSC

March 17, Friday

9:00 am - Noon - FY2001 Human Space Flight Budget Hearing before
the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (replay from
3/16/00) - HQ

2:00 - 7:00 pm - Johnson Space Center Regional First Robotics

Competition - Astro Arena, Houston, TX (direct uplink to NTV)
March 18, Saturday
8:00 am - 3:00 pm - Langley Research Center Eastern Regional First
Robotics Competition - Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
VA (direct uplink to NTV)

4:00 - 8:00 pm - Ames Research Center BOT-BALL Regional

Competition - ARC

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NEWS RELEASES:

None today.

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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:

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 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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