NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: March 2, 1999

Media Advisory m99-042

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

NASA TO STUDY CONCEPTS THAT COULD REVOLUTIONIZE

SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS

VIDEO FILE FOR MARCH 2, 1999

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NASA TO STUDY CONCEPTS THAT COULD REVOLUTIONIZE

SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS

NASA's New Millennium program has selected four concepts for further study as
candidates for its Earth Observing 3 (EO-3) mission, technologies that could
revolutionize space-based earth observations, according to Dr. Ghassem Asrar,
NASA's Associate Administrator for Earth Science.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:

David E. Steitz 202/358-1730.
Contact at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
John G. Watson 818/354-5011.

For full text, see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-030.txt

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e-mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list.

Index of 1998 NASA News Releases:

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

Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:

http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html

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Video Advisory v99-040

VIDEO FILE FOR MAR. 2, 1999

ITEM 1. NASA ANNOUNCES FIELD CENTER NAME CHANGE

(replay)

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael

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

* Live Interview Opportunity with Wright Flyer Experts

NASA is conducting wind tunnel tests on a full-scale

replica of the historic 1903 Wright Flyer this month
to learn more about the plane. Talk with Fred Culick,
who will fly the Wright Flyer in 2003, on Wednesday,
March 3, between 5:00 - 7:00 pm EST or Pete Zell, the
Wright Flyer Project Manager, between 7:00-9:00 p.m.
EST. NASA's talent will be seated in front of the
Wright Flyer replica in the wind tunnel.

B-roll will be available on the NASA TV Video File at

noon, 3:00, and 7:00 p.m. EST. NASA TV is broadcast
on GE-2 (C-Band satellite), transponder 9C. In case
of trouble during the interview, call Ames master
control at 650-604-1536.

To book a window, please call Mike Mewhinney 650-604-

3937, pager 650-335-3675 or Laura Lewis 650-604-2162,
pager 650-317-0551.

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The NASA Video File airs at noon, 3:00, 6:00, 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.

NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo

202/358-4555

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