NASA Daily News Summary For Release: April 12, 2000 Media Advisory m00-72 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES: NASA DEVELOPS A DRILL FOR THE FUTURE ----- VIDEO VIDEO FILE: ITEM 1 - HYPERGOLS SCRUBBER - KSC ITEM 2 - ULTRASONIC DRILL UNDERGOES TESTING - JPL ITEM 3 - MGS IMAGES THE SOUTH POLE OF MARS - JPL (REPLAY) ITEM 4 - HUBBLE'S LEGACY: 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY (REPLAY) LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK ***************************** NEWS RELEASES NASA DEVELOPS A DRILL FOR THE FUTURE It's an invention that may eventually end up in the hands of every craftsman and orthopedic surgeon. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, together with engineers from Cybersonics, Inc., Erie, PA, have developed an ultrasonic device that can drill and core very hard rocks and also has medical applications. Potential medical uses include extracting pacemaker leads and the drilling necessary during surgical or diagnostic procedures involving the human skeletal structure. Future space missions could include drilling for samples using lightweight landers with robotic arms and small rovers that roam the surface of an asteroid or planet. Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael Braukus (Phone 202/358-1979). Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA: Nancy Lovato (Phone 818/354-0474). For full text, see: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-060.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 LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK: April 12, Wednesday - 10:00 - Noon - Aero-Space Technology FY 2001 Budget Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on 4/11/00) - HQ - 1:00 - 3:00 pm - Aero-Space Technology FY 2001 Budget Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on 4/11/00) - HQ - 4:00 - 6:00 pm - Aero-Space Technology FY 2001 Budget Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on 4/11/00) - HQ - 7:00 - 9:00 pm - Aero-Space Technology FY 2001 Budget Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on 4/11/00) - HQ - 10:00 - Midnight - Aero-Space Technology FY 2001 Budget Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on 4/11/00) - HQ April 13, Thursday - *6:00 - 8:30 am - NASA and National Cancer Institute Nano- Explorer Live News Interviews - HQ April 14, Friday - 9:30 am - Noon - FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies; Appropriations Committee (recorded 4/13/00) - HQ - TBD - FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies; Appropriations Committee (recorded 4/13/00) - HQ - 5:30 - 10:00 pm - New Sonic Drill for Space Research Live News Interviews - JPL April 15, Saturday - TBD - FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies; Appropriations Committee (recorded 4/13/00) - HQ April 16, Sunday - TBD - FY 2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies; Appropriations Committee (recorded 4/13/00) - HQ ----------------------------- 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/ ***************************** Contract Awards Contract awards are posted to the NASA Acquisition information Service Web site: http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html ***************************** The NASA Daily News Summary is issued each business day at approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time. Members of the media who wish to subscribe or unsubscribe from this list, please send e-mail message to: Brian.Dunbar@hq.nasa.gov ***************************** end of daily news summary