NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: October 1, 1998
Media Advisory 98-41

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

Administrator Goldin's Statement on NASA's 40th Anniversary
NASA Contributes Technology to War on Cancer
Earth Sciences Instrument Program Participants Announced

NASA Video File for October 1, 1998

Upcoming Live Events:
   Aeronautics Conference, Oct. 9

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Administrator Goldin's Statement on NASA's 40th Anniversary

NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin delivered his remarks to 
NASA employees on Thursday. Contact: Brian Welch, NASA 
Headquarters (Phone: 202/358-1600). Full text:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/Goldin/Goldin_40th.html

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: Terri Hudkins, 
NASA Headquarters (Phone:  202/358-1977). Full text:

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

Earth Sciences Instrument Program Participants Announced

     NASA's Office of Earth Sciences has begun a new program to develop and demonstrate new measurement technologies through ground-based laboratory activities.  The Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) will reduce the risk, cost, size, and development time of Earth-observing instruments and enable new Earth-observation measurements. Contact: David E. Steitz NASA Headquarters (Phone:  202/358-1730). Full text of news release:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1998/98-173.txt

Full list of winners:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/ese/nra/winners_list.html


If any more news releases are issued 
later, 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 October 1, 1998


ITEM 1:    40TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC VIDEO (NEW AT 3 pm)
Contact at Headquarters:    Ray Castillo 202/358-4555.

ITEM 2:    40TH ANNIVERSARY B-ROLL
    Archival footage from NASA missions over 40 years.
Contact at Headquarters:    Ray Castillo 202/358-4555.

ITEM 3:    DEEP SPACE 1 READY TO LAUNCH (replay)
Contact at Jet Propulsion Laboratory:  John Watson 818/354-
5011; contact at Headquarters:  Doug Isbell 202/358-1753.

The NASA Video File airs at noon, 3, 6, 9 p.m. and midnight 
Eastern time. For further information, please contact Ray 
Castillo, 202/358-4555. 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.

The most recent NASA Video File Advisory can be found at: 

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt

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Upcoming Live Events

CONFERENCE TO REVIEW PROGRESS OF AERONAUTICS PROGRAM

     NASA will brief industry and the public-at-large on 
progress in meeting its aeronautics goals at the first 
conference of this kind to be held Friday, Oct. 9, 1998, at 
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH.

Contacts:  Michael Braukus, NASA HQ, 202/358-1979; Lori 
Rachul, NASA Lewis Research Center, 216/433-8806.

For the full text of this Note to Editors:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1998/n98-054.txt

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CONTRACT AWARDS

NASA contract awards are posted to:

http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html

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