NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  Feb. 19, 1999
Media Advisory m99-035


TODAY'S SUMMARY:

WIRE SCIENCE BRIEFING SET FOR FEB. 23

VIDEO FILE FOR FEB. 19, 1999

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WIRE SCIENCE BRIEFING SET FOR FEB. 23

     Scientists will brief news media next week about the March 1 
launch of a mission to study how the Universe could reach the 
point of forming Earth-like planets and Sun.  The briefing on the 
Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) mission will be held on 
Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 2:00 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST) at NASA's Jet 
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA.

     Scheduled to participate in the briefing are:
     Jim Watzin, WIRE Project Manager, Goddard Space Flight 
Center, Greenbelt, MD
     Dr. Perry Hacking, WIRE Principal Investigator 
(JPL/Caltech)
     Carol Lonsdale, Manager, WIRE Science Operations Center 
(JPL/Caltech)

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
202/358-1727.
Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:  Lynn 
Jenner 301/286-0045.
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:  
Jane Platt 818/354-5011.

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1999/n99-009.txt 

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VIDEO FILE FOR FEB. 18, 1999

ITEM 1. ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES (replay)
ITEM 2. HUBBLE FINDS MORE EVIDENCE OF GALACTIC CANNIBALISM 
(replay)

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ITEM 1. ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES

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


ITEM 2. HUBBLE FINDS MORE EVIDENCE OF GALACTIC CANNIBALISM

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
202/358-1727.
Contact at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD:  
Ray Villard 410/338-4707.

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