NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Nov. 17, 2000 Media Advisory m00-216 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES EO-1/SAC-C Launch Delayed to Monday, Nov. 20 Extreme Ultraviolet Light Mission to End in December VIDEO **ALL TIMES EASTERN*** VIDEO FILE FOR NOV. 17, 2000 UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS ************ NEWS RELEASES ************ EO-1/SAC-C Launch Delayed to Monday, Nov. 20 Engineers have rescheduled the launch of NASA's Earth Observing 1 (EO-1) satellite and the Argentine SAC-C spacecraft for no earlier than Monday, Nov. 20, at 1:24 p.m. EST. The delay will allow launch managers to review discrepancies in documentation related to the guidance computer on the Delta II rocket carrying the satellites. The prelaunch press conference has also been rescheduled and will now occur on Sunday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m. EST. NASA Television and NASA TV on the Web will carry the launch live. Full text of advisory at: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/ NASA TV schedule: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html Kennedy Space Center/Vandenberg Air Force Base contact: Bruce Buckingham (phone: 805-605-3051 ----------------------------------- Extreme Ultraviolet Light Mission to End in December After eight years in orbit, a bantamweight NASA astronomy explorer will end its mission in December. Launched in 1992, the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer gave astronomers a better understanding of our galaxy, especially of the cosmic material that floats between the stars. The satellite likely will fall back into Earth's atmosphere in late 2001 or early 2002. Full text of release: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-181.txt Headquarters contact: Dolores Beasley (phone: 202/358-1753) Goddard Space Flight Center contact: Nancy Neal (phone: 301/286-0039) ----------------------------------- 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 Nov. 17, 2000 ITEM 1 - ISS EXPEDITION I CREW STATUS REPORT - JSC/HQ (REPLAY) ITEM 2 - EO 1/SAC C PRE-LAUNCH PACKAGE (REPLAY FROM 11/6) - GSFC NOTE: SATELLITE TESTING BETWEEN 12:30 - 4:15 PM (SUSPENSION OF REGULAR PROGRAMMING DURING THAT TIME) ------------------------------- 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. November 17, Friday 2:00 - 5:30 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Leonids Meteor Shower Live News Interviews - MSFC *10:00 a.m. - Administrator Goldin's Address to the 123rd Meeting of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (recorded on 11/9/00) *11:00 a.m. - Administrator Goldin's Address to the 123rd Meeting of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (recorded on 11/9/00) Noon - NASA Video File - HQ *1:00 p.m. - Administrator Goldin's Address to the 123rd Meeting of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (recorded on 11/9/00) 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ *4:00 p.m. - Administrator Goldin's Address to the 123rd Meeting of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (recorded on 11/9/00) 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ *7:00 p.m. - Administrator Goldin's Address to the 123rd Meeting of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (recorded on 11/9/00) 8:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC 10:07 p.m. - Progress Docks to the International Space Station - MCC-M (via JSC) 10:07 p.m. - Midnight - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC November 19, Sunday *2:00 p.m. - EO1/SAC C L-1 Prelaunch Press Conference - Vandenberg November 20, Monday *2:00 - 11:30 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *Noon - 3:30 p.m. - Live Coverage of EO1/SAC C Launch - Vandenberg *1:24 p.m. - EO1/SAC C Launch - Vandenberg *2:24 p.m. - EO1 Spacecraft Separation - Vandenberg *2:54 p.m. - SAC C Spacecraft Separation - Vandenberg *3:04 p.m. - Citizen Explorer Spacecraft Separation - Vandenberg *3:14 p.m. - Munin Spacecraft Separation - Vandenberg *3:30 - 4:00 p.m. - NASA Video File *4:00 - Midnight - Noon - Midnight - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ November 21, Tuesday *2:00 a.m. - Noon - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *Noon - Midnight - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ November 22, Wednesday *2:00 a.m. - Noon - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *Noon - Midnight - Noon - Midnight - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ November 23, Thursday *2:00 a.m. - Noon. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *Noon. - Midnight - ISS (A/G) - JSC November 24, Friday *2:00 a.m - 4:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *4:30 p.m. - Midnight - ISS Weekend Audio (A/G) - JSC November 25, Saturday *1:00 a.m. - Midnight - ISS Weekend Audio (A/G) - JSC November 26, Sunday *1:00 a.m. - Midnight - ISS Weekend Audio (A/G) - JSC November 27, Monday *2:00 a.m - Noon - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *Noon - 4:30 p.m. - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ *4:30 p.m. - STS-97 Crew Arrival - KSC *6:00 - Midnight - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ November 28, Tuesday *2:00 - 7:00 a.m - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *8:00 - 9:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *9:00 a.m. - STS-97 L-2 Countdown Status Briefing - KSC *10:00 a.m. - International Space Station Overview Briefing - KSC *Noon - 4:00 p.m. - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ *4:00 p.m. - STS-97 Launch Readiness Review Briefing - KSC *5:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Kids, Telescopes, and Cassini Live News Interviews - JPL *9:30 - Midnight - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ November 29, Wednesday *2:00 - 9:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *9:00 a.m. - STS-97 L-1 Countdown Status Briefing - KSC *10:00 a.m. - Noon - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *Noon - 4:30 p.m. - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ *9:00 - Midnight - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ November 30, Thursday *2:00 - 5:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *5:00 - 9:00 a.m. - STS-97 Pad Shot - KSC *9:00 a.m. - Noon - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC *Noon - 5:00 p.m. - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ *5:00 p.m. - STS-97 Launch Coverage and Commentary Begins - KSC *10:06 p.m. - STS-97 Launch - KSC *December 1 - December 10 - STS-97 Live Commentary - JSC December 10, Sunday *5:58 p.m. - STS-97 Landing 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. 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