NASA Daily News Summary 
For Release:  Oct. 2, 2000
Media Advisory m00-188


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES


  HETE-2 FLIES IN SEARCH OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS



VIDEO    **ALL TIMES EASTERN***


  VIDEO FILE FOR OCT. 2, 2000

  UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS



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http://space.mit.edu/HETE
HETE-2 FLIES IN SEARCH OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

     Locating the ever-mystifying phenomena called gamma-ray 
bursts and other short-lived and remarkable cosmic occurrences 
will soon be the job of the High-Energy Transient Explorer 2 
(HETE-2), poised for launch Oct 7.

For a brief, bright moment, gamma-ray bursts outshine the rest of 
the universe, but scientists do not know what causes them.  One 
theory is that gamma-ray bursts come from the merger of two black 
holes.  Another theory suggests these bursts are from a huge star 
explosion, called a hypernova, which is 1000 times more powerful 
than the already potent supernova.  Snapping a photograph of a 
burst while it is exploding is a key goal for astronomers.

HETE-2 is scheduled for launch at 1:45 a.m. EDT from Kwajalein 
Missile Range, Marshall Islands, aboard a Hybrid Pegasus 
expendable launch vehicle.


Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Dolores Beasley 
(Phone: 202/358-1753)
Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:  Nancy 
Neal (Phone: 301/286-0039)

For full text see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-160.txt



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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 Oct. 2, 2000 


ITEM 1 - STS-92 MISSION ANIMATION AND B-ROLL (REPLAY)
ITEM 2 - STS-92 CREW ARRIVAL (REPLAY FROM OCT. 1, 7:10PM) 

For 3 p.m. Feed:
ITEM 3 - HETE-2 ONLY HAS EYES FOR GAMMA RAY BURST - GSFC

NOTE: THE FOLLOWING WILL AIR IN TODAY'S GALLERY:

1:00PM  - REPLAY OF STS-92 CREW NEWS CONFERENCE (TRT - 58:00)
4:00PM AND LATER - 100TH FLIGHT CLIP REEL 1981-1991 (TRT - 59:00)



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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 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m.
and midnight Eastern Time.



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Upcoming Television Events

October 2, Monday
- 11:00 - 11:15 a.m. - Space Flight Awareness Video Uplink - JSC

October 3, Tuesday
- 9:00 a.m. - STS-92 L-2 Countdown Status Briefing - KSC
- 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Young Astronauts - MSFC
- 4:00 p.m. - STS-92 Launch Readiness Press Briefing - KSC

October 4, Wednesday
- 6:00 - 8:30 a.m. - Largest Ozone Hole Observed Over Antarctica 
  Live News Interviews - GSFC
- (8:30 - 10:00 a.m. - Largest Ozone Hole Observed Over Antarctica 
  Live News Interviews continued on GE 2 Transponder 18C)
- 9:00 a.m. - STS-92 L-1 Countdown Status Briefing - KSC
- 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - 2001: A Mars Odyssey Live News Interviews - 
  JPL

October 5, Thursday 
- 5:00 - 9:00 a.m. - STS-92 Pad Shot - KSC
- 4:00 p.m. - STS-92 Live Coverage and Commentary Begins - KSC
- 9:38 p.m. - STS-92 Launch - KSC


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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