NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: Jan. 13, 1999
Media Advisory m99-008


TODAY'S SUMMARY:

NASA has no press releases scheduled for today.

NASA VIDEO FILE FOR JAN. 13, 1999

     NOTE: NASA will televise a live briefing on the Stardust 
mission today at 2:00 p.m., EST. See below.

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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 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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NASA VIDEO FILE FOR JAN. 13, 1999


ITEM 1:  Stardust Mission

     Stardust will be the first U.S. mission to fly close to 
a comet and bring cometary material back to Earth for 
analysis by scientists worldwide. Videofile features: 

* Animation from deployment through Sample Return
* Spacecraft Being Readied for Launch at Kennedy Space Center
* Aerogel Capsule 
* Interview with Aerogel inventor, Dr. Peter Tsou, and 
  demonstration of some of its qualities
* Interview with Dr. Donald C. Brownlee, Principal 
  Investigator for Stardust
* Stardust Drop Test in desert (B-roll)
* Stardust Microchip showing thousands of names imprinted 
  on it (B-roll)
* Historic Comets, present and past (B-roll)

Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:  
Mary Beth Murrill 818/354-5011.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Doug Isbell 
202/358-1753.

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NASA normally airs the Video File 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.

For the most recent NASA Video File Advisory, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt

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STARDUST BRIEFING

NASA will televise a live briefing on the Stardust mission 
today at 2:00 p.m., EST. For more information, see:
http://www.nasa.gov/

For the Schedule of News Events on NASA Television, see:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html

The Stardust briefing will air again later today as part of 
the NASA TV Gallery at 4:00, 7:00, and 10:00 p.m., EST.

Ray Castillo
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  202/358-4555.

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