NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  Mar. 23, 2000
Media Advisory m00-57


SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES:

None today.


VIDEO:

VIDEO FILE:

ITEM 1 - GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORY - GSFC (replay)
ITEM 2 - STUDENTS TEST INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION COMPUTER 
         SYSTEM - MSFC (replay)
ITEM 3 - IMAGE (replay)


LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK



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LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK

March 23, Thursday
- 6:00 - 10:00 am - Students Help NASA Test International Space 
  Station Science Communications Live News Interviews - MSFC
- 10:00 am - Noon - IMAGE Validation Testing - Vandenberg Air 
  Force Base, CA
- 1:00 - 3:20 pm - NASA Management Hearing before the Senate 
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space; Commerce, Science 
  and Transportation Committee (recorded 3/22/00) - HQ
- 3:20 - 5:00 pm - Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications 
  FY 2001 Budget Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Space 
  and Aeronautics (recorded 3/22/00) - HQ
- 7:00 - 9:20 pm - NASA Management Hearing before the Senate 
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space; Commerce, Science 
  and Transportation Committee (recorded 3/22/00) - HQ
- 9:20 - 11:00 pm - Life and Microgravity Sciences and 
  Applications FY 2001 Budget Hearing before the House 
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded 3/22/00) - HQ

March 24, Friday
- 6:00 - 10:00 am - Students Help NASA Test International Space 
  Station Science Communications Live News Interviews - MSFC
- 1:00 pm - Gamma Ray Observatory Press Conference - HQ
- 2:00 pm - IMAGE L-1 Prelaunch Press Conference - Vandenberg Air 
  Force Base, CA

March 25, Saturday
- 2:00 pm - Live Coverage and Commentary of the IMAGE Launch - 
  Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
- 3:35 pm - IMAGE Launch - Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA



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NEWS RELEASES:


None today.



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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 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



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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.

Refer general questions about the video file to NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC: Ray Castillo, 202/358-4555, or Fred Brown,
202/358-0713, fred.brown@hq.nasa.gov

During Space Shuttle missions, the full NASA TV schedule will
continue to be posted at:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html

For general information about NASA TV see:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/



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