NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Mar. 7, 2000 Media Advisory m00-44 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES: SOHO SEES THROUGH THE SUN TO FIND STORMY REGIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE VIDEO: VIDEO FILE: ITEM 1 - MOZAMBIQUE FLOODS FROM LANDSAT-7 - GSFC (replay) ITEM 2 - IMAGES OF EUROPA AND IO - WEB RELEASE ON 3/6/00 (replay) NEW MARS IMAGES AND LIVE INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES ABOUT MARS ON FRIDAY, MARCH 10 LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK ------------------------ VIDEO PRODUCERS NOTE: NEW MARS IMAGES ON FRIDAY: TAKE A 3-D TOUR OF A MYSTERIOUS, HIDDEN MARS --"Don't wait for the Movie" On Friday, as Hollywood launches millions of moviegoers on a fictional adventure to Mars, NASA will release striking new 3-D images of the real Mars. The new images allow scientists to look beneath the surface of Mars and provide a window into Mars' geologic past--a window that reveals tantalizing clues into the evolution of some of the most puzzling surface features of any planet in our solar system. Planetary Scientist Dr. Jim Garvin will be available to discuss the images Friday, March 10, from 6:00 - 11:00 a.m. EST. The interviews come to you from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Ask Jim about the 3-D images: - Mission to Mars is another in a long series of Mars movies. What do you think is behind public's fascination with Mars? (Video: 3-D Flyover Mars Montage of Valleys, Mars Surface) - What excites Scientists at NASA about studying Mars? (Video: Polar Caps) - How do the most recent images allow scientists to see inside the red planet? (Video: Mars Window) - What do the new images say about Mars' early past? (Video: Inside Mars) - Why are scientists interested in finding water on Mars? (Video: Mars B-Roll) - How are the 3-D Images Created? (Video: 3-D Flyover) Book a window: Deanna Corridon (301-286-0041; corridon@pop100.gsfc.nasa.gov) or Wade Sisler 301-286-6256, 888- 474-0914 pager, wsisler@pop100.gsfc.nasa.gov). Basic window is four minutes long with a one-minute transition. Roll-ins/B-roll: It is recommended that we roll the short video sequences for you so our talent can see and talk to the visuals. We will also uplink B-roll at 5:50 a.m. EST on Friday, March 10. NASA-TV: The interview will take place on NASA-TV. 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. ------------------------ LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK: March 7, Tuesday 1:00 - 2:00 pm - Live From the Storm: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Weather - GSFC (switch to NTV from TELSTAR 5, 97 degrees West Ku band, transponder 25. Downlink polarization: Vertical. Frequency: 12144.0 MHz Audio 6.2 and 6.8 ) 5:00 - 7:00 pm - KC-135 Student Campaign Live News Interviews - JSC March 9, Thursday 5:00 - 7:00 pm - KC-135 Student Campaign Live News Interviews - JSC March 10, Thursday 5:00 - 11:30 am - Latest Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) Images Live News Interviews - GSFC 1:00 pm - Backside of the Sun Space Science Update - HQ March 11, Saturday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm - Kennedy Space Center Southeast Regional First Robotics Competition - KSC ***************************** NEWS RELEASES: SOHO SEES THROUGH THE SUN TO FIND STORMY REGIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE With a new technique that uses ripples on the Sun's visible surface to probe its interior, scientists are able to see right through the Sun to observe active regions on its far side, the side facing away from the Earth. With a far-side preview, scientists may be able to have a week's advance warning of potential bad weather in space. This new observation from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft is the subject of a Space Science Update at 1 p.m. EDT, Thursday, March 9, at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dolores Beasley (Phone 202/358-1753). Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD: Bill Steigerwald (Phone 301/286-5017). For full text, see: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-006.txt ----------------------------- If NASA issues any news releases later today, we will e- mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list. Index of 2000 NASA News Releases: http://www.nasa.gov/releases/2000/index.html Index of 1999 NASA News Releases: http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html ***************************** VIDEO: Unless otherwise noted, ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN. ANY CHANGES TO THE VIDEO LINE-UP WILL APPEAR ON THE NASA VIDEO FILE ADVISORY ON THE WEB AT ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt WE UPDATE THE ADVISORY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. The NASA Video File normally airs at noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 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. 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