NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: March 19, 1999
Media Advisory m99-055

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Summary

-- Video file for March 19
-- Upcoming Live Event: Space Exploration at the Millennium 

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There are no news releases for March 19, 1999.

If NASA issues any news releases later today, we will 
e-mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list.

Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:
http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html

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Contract Awards

Contract awards are posted to the NASA Acquisition 
Information Service Web site.:

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

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Video File for March 19, 1999 

ITEM 1.  KC-135 Student Experiments

Contact at Headquarters: Beth Schmid, 202/358-1760;
Contact at Johnson Space Center: Eileen Hawley, 281/483-5111.

ITEM 2.  Space Shuttle Rescue Operations (replay)
ITEM 2a. Space Shuttle Rescue Exercise
ITEM 2b. Interview: Astronaut Jim Kelly

Contact at Kennedy Space Center: Joel Wells, 407/867-2468.

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Upcoming Live Event: Space Exploration at the Millennium

March 24, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. 
EST, American University via NASA Headquarters, Washington, 
D.C.

This symposium, part of NASA's Fortieth Anniversary 
celebration, will offer a retrospective discussion of one of 
this century's crowning accomplishments -- the genesis of 
space exploration. It also will consider the future of this 
enterprise: At the end of this millennium, what legacy do we 
leave for future generations? The conference will include 
panel discussions and smaller session meetings.

Contact at Headquarters: Sarah Keegan, 202/358-1902;
Contact at American University: Carolyn Jones, 202/885-5935.

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