NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: May 11, 2000

Media Advisory m00-94

SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES

IMPACT! CHANDRA IMAGES A YOUNG SUPERNOVA BLAST WAVE

VIDEO

***ALL TIMES EASTERN***

VIDEO FILE FOR MAY 11, 2000

ITEM 1 - CHANDRA VIEWS A YOUNG SUPERNOVA BLAST WAVE

ITEM 2 - HUBBLE HERITAGE IMAGE: GALACTIC SILHOUETTE
- STSCI
ITEM 3 - POLLUTANT INDICATED IN EARTH'S CLIMATE
CHANGE - AMES
ITEM 4 - INTERSTELLAR SPACE TRANSPORTATION - MSFC
(REPLAY)

UPCOMING LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS

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NEWS RELEASES

IMPACT! CHANDRA IMAGES A YOUNG SUPERNOVA BLAST WAVE

Two images made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory,

one in October 1999, the other in January 2000, show for
the first time the full impact of the actual blast wave
from Supernova 1987A (SN1987A). The observations are the
first time that X-rays from a shock wave have been imaged
at such an early stage of a supernova explosion.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dolores Beasley

(Phone: 202/358-1753).
Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL:
Steve Roy (Phone: 256/544-6535).
Contact at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge,
MA: Dr. Wallace Tucker (Phone: 617/496-7998).

For images see: http://chandra.harvard.edu

and
http://chandra.nasa.gov

For full text, see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-077.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

LIVE TELEVISION COMING UP THIS WEEK

May 11, Thursday

- 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Interstellar Transportation Live News
Interviews - MSFC
- 10:00 a.m. - Noon - Earth Sciences FY 2001 Budget Hearing
Before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded
on 5/10/00) - HQ
- 1:00 p.m. - Chandra Space Science Update - HQ

May 12, Friday

- 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Satellite Adjustment and Maintenance at all
NASA uplink sites - All Centers

May 13, Saturday

- 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Earth Sciences FY 2001 Budget Hearing Before
 the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on
5/10/00) - HQ
- 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Earth Sciences FY 2001 Budget Hearing Before
the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on
5/10/00) - HQ
- 10:00 p.m. - Midnight - Earth Sciences FY 2001 Budget Hearing
Before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded
on 5/10/00) - HQ

May 14, Sunday

- 2:00 - 4:00 pm - Earth Sciences FY2001 Budget Hearing Before the
House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on
5/10/00) - HQ
- 6:00 - 8:00 pm - Earth Sciences FY2001 Budget Hearing Before the
House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (recorded on
5/10/00) - HQ
- 11:30 pm - STS-101 Crew Arrival - KSC

For a complete list of upcoming live television events, see

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html

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Refer general questions about the video file to NASA Headquarters,

Washington, DC: Ray Castillo, 202/358-4555, or Fred Brown,
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During Space Shuttle missions, the full NASA TV schedule will

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For general information about NASA TV see:
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