NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Oct. 5, 2000

Media Advisory m00-191

SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES

NASA ADMINISTRATOR HOSTS AGENCY-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP

CONFERENCE

VIDEO **ALL TIMES EASTERN***

VIDEO FILE FOR OCT. 5, 2000

UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

************ NEWS RELEASES ************

NASA ADMINISTRATOR HOSTS AGENCY-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP

CONFERENCE

NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin kicks off a major new higher-education

initiative Oct. 19 as part of a unique live broadcast originating from Headquarters in
Washington, DC. This new program is designed to strengthen the Agency's
partnerships with the nation's universities and colleges. The conference will
originate from the James E. Webb auditorium from 1 to 4 p.m. EDT and can be
seen on both NASA Television and the World Wide Web.

Full text of the release can be found at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-162.txt

NASA Headquarters contacts:

Jim Cast (Phone: 202/358-1779)

Randall Correll (Phone: 202/358-2007)

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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

************ VIDEO FILE ************

VIDEO FILE FOR OCT. 5, 2000

Item 1 - Inspection 2000 - JSC (replay) TRT - 20:00

Item 2 - Mars Global Surveyor Sees Valleys on Mars - JPL (replay from 10/2/00)
Item 3 - The "Riven" Sky: Ozone Hole Widens, Deepens - GSFC
TRT - 5:43 (replay)
Item 4 - STS-92 Mission animation and b-roll (replay) - 24:00
Item 5 - STS-92 Astronaut Interviews (replay) - 65:30

NOTE: Today's Video File will run only at noon and 3 p.m. Coverage of the STS-
92 launch will begin at 4 p.m.

NOTE: From 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. (normally the Education File) NASA TV will run a
clip reel related to today's launch of the 100th Space Shuttle flight. TRT - 58:14
(replay). The log for today's clip reel, which focuses on missions from 1992 and
later, can be found at
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/TVGallery.html (case-sensitive URL).

For more details on the video files:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt

NOTE: The 6 pm Video File is being preempted today by a Live

Television Event. See below. The 5 pm and 8 pm education hour is
being preempted today by a Live Television Event. See below.

The 100th Shuttle Mission Highlights Reel (later missions: 1991-

2000) will run during the education hour today - 2 pm to 3 pm -
and will recycle at 11 pm and 2 am.

Detailed logs of the 100th Shuttle Mission Highlights Reel can be

found at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/TVGallery.html

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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.

************ UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS ************

October 5, Thursday
- 5:00 - 9:00 a.m. - STS-92 Pad Shot - KSC
- 4:00 p.m. - STS-92 Live Coverage and Commentary Begins - KSC
- 9:38 p.m. - STS-92 Launch - KSC

October 9, Monday
- 9:00 - 11 a.m. - Expedition I Crew News Conference - Star City,
Russia (via JSC)

For a complete list of upcoming live television events, see

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

Refer general questions about the video file to NASA Headquarters,

Washington, DC: Ray Castillo, 202/358-4555, or Fred Brown,
202/358-0713, fred.brown@hq.nasa.gov

During Space Shuttle missions, the full NASA TV schedule will

continue to be posted at:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html

For general information about NASA TV see:

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

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