NASA Daily News Summary 
For Release:  August 18, 2000
Media Advisory m00-162


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES


  None Today.



VIDEO     ***ALL TIMES EASTERN***


  VIDEO FILE FOR AUGUST 18, 2000

  UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS



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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 FILE FOR AUGUST 18, 2000


    ITEM 1 - CANADIAN SPACE STATION ROBOTIC BEING READIED FOR 
             FLIGHT TO ISS - KSC
    ITEM 2 - CHANDRA'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY - MSFC  (REPLAY) 
    ITEM 3 - URBAN HEAT ISLANDS - MSFC (REPLAY) 
    ITEM 4 - DR. ROBERT GILRUTH RESOURCE REEL - JSC (REPLAY) 



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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 pm, 6 pm, 9 pm
and midnight Eastern Time.



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UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS


August 22, Tuesday
- 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.   - Satellite Measures Sea Ice Thickness Live 
  News Interviews - JPL

August 23, Wednesday
- 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. - JSC Open House Live News Interviews - JSC

August 24, Thursday
- 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. - JSC Open House Live News Interviews - JSC

August 25, Friday
- 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Microgravity Research on the International 
  Space Station Live News Interviews - MSFC


For a complete list of upcoming live television events, see 
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html



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Unless otherwise noted, ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN.

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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