NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Oct. 31, 2000 Media Advisory m00-204 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SHEPHERD LEADS CREW INTO NEW ERA IN SPACE HISTORY VIDEO **ALL TIMES EASTERN*** VIDEO FILE FOR OCT. 31, 2000 UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS ************ NEWS RELEASES ************ SHEPHERD LEADS CREW INTO NEW ERA IN SPACE HISTORY American astronaut Bill Shepherd launched a new era in space history Oct. 31, when he lifted off in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to his new home aboard the International Space Station. If all goes well on this and future missions, Oct. 30, 2000, will be the last day on which there were no human beings in space. Shepherd, of Babylon, NY, is commander of the three-person Expedition 1 crew, the first of several crews that will live aboard the space station for periods of about four months. He is accompanied by cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko, commander of the Soyuz, and flight engineer Sergei Krikalev on this historic journey. Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Renee Juhans (Phone: 202/358-1712) Contact at the Johnson Space Center, Houston: Eileen Hawley (Phone: 281/483-5111). For full text see: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-172.txt ----------------------------------- WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION With the arrival of the first crew, the International Space Station is NASA's next step in its continuing journey of discovery, and represents a quantum leap in the capability to conduct research on orbit. ISS will provide unprecedented access to the unique environment of space, unequaled in capability and unmatched in its potential to change our lives. Scientists, engineers and researchers say the facilities and scientific infrastructure provided by NASA are a unique national asset which will unquestionably increase in value with the establishment of ISS. Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Renee Juhans (Phone: 202/358-1712) For full text see: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-053.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 FILE ************ VIDEO FILE FOR OCT. 31, 2000 ITEM 1 - EXPEDITION I LAUNCH - BAIKONUR VIA JSC (REPLAY) ITEM 2 - ISS PROGRAM MANAGER'S STATEMENTS (REPLAY FROM 5:30AM) - BAIKONUR VIA JSC ITEM 3 - EXPEDITION I ANIMATION AND LATEST FOOTAGE OF ISS (STS-92) - JSC (REPLAY) ITEM 4 - PAGER DEVICE MAY WARN ASTRONAUTS OF LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE - KSC ITEM 5 - ASTRONOMERS PONDER LACK OF PLANETS IN GLOBULAR CLUSTER - STSCI ITEM 6 - ISS: A TAPESTRY OF VOICES - EMOTION STUDIOS ------------------------------- 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. ****Note:**** During Space Shuttle missions, the NASA Television schedule can be found at the following web address: http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/tvsked/schedule.html ************ UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS ************ Upcoming Television Events: Note: The timing for some of these events is approximate. Refer to NASA TV for updates. October 31, Tuesday Note: The timing for some of these events is approximate. Refer to NASA TV for updates. Noon - NASA Video File - HQ 1:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 3:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 4:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 6:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 7:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary (Crew Wake Up) - JSC 8:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 9:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 11:02 p.m. - Progress 1 Undocking - MCC-M (via JSC) Midnight - NASA Video File - HQ Note: MCC-Houston will conduct periodic mission updates throughout the evening and into the morning. ******************************************************************* November 1, Wednesday Note: The timing for some of these events is approximate. Refer to NASA TV for updates. 3:45 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - MCC-M (via JSC) 6:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - MCC-M (via JSC) 8:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - MCC-M (via JSC) 9:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 10:30 a.m.- ISS Expedition I Commentary (Crew sleep begins) - JSC Noon - NASA Video File - HQ 1:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 3:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 4:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 6:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 7:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary (Crew wake up) - JSC 8:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 9:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 10:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC Midnight - NASA Video File - HQ Note: MCC-Houston will conduct periodic mission updates throughout the evening and into the morning. November 2, Thursday Note: The timing for some of these events is approximate. Refer to NASA TV for updates. 2:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - MCC-M (via JSC) 3:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - MCC-M (via JSC) 3:45 a.m. - Soyuz Docking to ISS Commentary - MCC-M (via JSC) 4:24 a.m. - Expedition I Crew Docks to the ISS - MCC-M (via JSC) 5:00 - 9:30 a.m. - Expedition I Docking Live News Interviews - JSC (GE2 Transponder 5) 5:40 a.m. - ISS Hatch Opening (audio only) - MCC-M (via JSC) 6:00 a.m. - MCC-M Post-Docking Press Briefing (recorded earlier on 11/2/00)- MCC-M (via JSC) 6:35 a.m. - Hatch Opening from Service Module to Zarya - JSC 7:27 a.m. - Television Replay of ISS Hatch Opening - MCC-M (via JSC) 8:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 9:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 11:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary (Crew sleep begins) - JSC *11:45 a.m. - X-38 Flight Test and Commentary Begins *12:05 p.m. - X-38 Flight Test B-roll Feed - DFRC *12:20 p.m. - X-38 Release (time approximate) and Test Begins - DFRC *12:45 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 2:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 3:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 4:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 6:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 7:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 9:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 10:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary (Crew wake up) - JSC Midnight - NASA Video File - HQ Note: MCC-Houston will conduct periodic mission updates throughout the evening and into the morning. November 3, Friday Note: The timing for some of these events is approximate. Refer to NASA TV for updates. 1:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 1:49 a.m. - ISS Planning Conference - JSC 2:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 4:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 6:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. - Telemundo Live News Interviews - LaRC (GE2 Transponder 5) 8:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 10:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *11:00 a.m. - EO1/SAC C Prelaunch Press Briefing - HQ Noon - NASA Video File - HQ *1:00 p.m. - EO1/SAC C Prelaunch Press Briefing (replay) - HQ 2:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary (Crew sleep begins) - JSC 3:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 4:30 p.m. - Expedition I Mission Status Briefing - JSC 5:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 6:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 7:00 p.m. - EO1/SAC C Prelaunch Press Briefing (replay) - HQ 8:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 9:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ 9:45 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary (Crew Wake Up) - JSC Midnight - NASA Video File - HQ Note: MCC-Houston will conduct periodic mission updates throughout the evening and into the morning. November 4, Saturday 1:00 a.m. - Midnight - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC Note: MCC-Houston will conduct periodic mission updates throughout the day. During Space Shuttle missions, the NASA Television schedule can be found at the following web address: http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/tvsked/schedule.html For a complete list of upcoming live television events, see http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html ----------------------------------- 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. 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