NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: April 23, 1999
Media Advisory m99-081

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SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTE: Regular NASA Television programming
will be unavailable April 23-25, 1999, as NASA TV broadcasts
the 50th Anniversary NATO Summit.

There are no news releases scheudled for April 23, 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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UPCOMING EVENT: SERVICE MODULE ROLLOUT PRESS CONFERENCE, 
April 26, 1 p.m. EDT
     The formal rollout and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 
Service Module element of the International Space Station 
will be held April 26 at RSC-Energia in Moscow.  The press 
conference, which will feature top NASA, Russian Space 
Agency, RSC-Energia and European Space Agency space station 
officials, will be uplinked from Russia and then replayed on 
NASA TV at 1 p.m. After the ceremonies, the Service Module 
will be prepared for shipment to its launch site at Baikonur, 
Kazakhstan.  It is scheduled to be launched later this year 
for linkup as the third element of the International Space 
Station.

Contact at NASA Headquarters: Debra Rahn, 202/ 358-1638.

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