Dolores Beasley
Headquarters, Washington, DC             March 8, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-1753)

Steve Roy
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
(Phone: 256/544-6535)

Megan Watkze
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA
(Phone: 617/496-7998)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N01-12

SPACE SCIENCE UPDATE: CHANDRA SEES THE UNSEEN,
REVEALS UNIVERSE SECRETS

     The results of the most thorough X-ray survey ever taken 
of  the universe, courtesy of NASA's Chandra X-Ray 
Observatory, will be revealed during a Space Science Update 
at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 in the James E. Webb Auditorium 
at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St., SW, Washington, DC. 

The Space Science Update panelists will be:
* Alan Bunner, Science Director, Structure and Evolution of 
the Universe, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
* Ricardo Giacconi, President of Associated Universities, 
Washington, DC, and a Research Professor at Johns Hopkins 
University, Baltimore, MD
* Ann Hornschemeier, a 4th year Ph.D. student in Astronomy 
and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University 
Park
* Colin Norman, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Johns 
Hopkins University
* Bruce Margon, Professor of Astronomy, University of 
Washington, Seattle

The Space Science Update will be carried live on NASA 
Television with two-way question-and-answer capability for 
reporters covering the briefing from NASA centers. NASA 
Television is broadcast on satellite GE-2, transponder 9C, at 
85 degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, frequency 
3880 MHz, audio of 6.8 MHz. The briefing will also be webcast 
live via links at:

                    http://www.nasa.gov

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