Sarah Keegan
Headquarters, Washington, DC                   March 29, 2000
(Phone:  202/358-1600)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N00-13

PLANET HUNTING AT 1 PM, GOLDIN JPL SPEECH AT 2 PM TODAY ON NASA TV

     A Space Science Update to announce a breakthrough in 
detecting planets outside our Solar System will be carried live 
today at 1 pm EST from NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, on NASA 
Television.  NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin's speech to 
employees at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, will air 
at 2 pm EST on a tape-delayed basis from its 1pm EST delivery.

    NASA Television is broadcast on the GE2 satellite, transponder 
9C, at 85 degrees West longitude, frequency 3880.0 MHz, audio 6.8 
MHz.  Audio only will be available on the voice circuit at the 
Kennedy Space Center, FL, on 321/867-1220, -1240, -1260, -7135, -
4003, -4920.

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