NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Sept. 24, 1999

Media Advisory m99-198

Summary:

Video File for Sept. 24, 1999

ITEM 1 - MARS CLIMATE ORBITER ANIMATION FROM MARS 98,

LAUNCH
FOOTAGE OF MARS CLIMATE ORBITER, AND ANIMATION OF MARS
POLAR LANDER - (replay)
ITEM 2 - NASA BIOFEEDBACK TECHNOLOGY MAY HELP VICTIMS OF
DIABETES
(replay)
ITEM 3 - LANDSAT SATELLITE IMAGES OF DEVASTATING NORTH
CAROLINA
FLOODS (images will play beginning at 3:00 p.m.)

*****NOTE: YESTERDAY'S MARS CLIMATE ORBITER PRESS

CONFERENCE
WILL REPLAY TODAY AT 2:00 p.m.

LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK:

September 24, Friday

6:00 - 10:00 am - Diabetes Technology Live News Interviews -
LARC
1:00 - 2:00 pm - Diabetes Technology Live News Interviews - LARC

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Video File - Sept. 24, 1999

ITEM 1 - MARS CLIMATE ORBITER ANIMATION FROM MARS 98,

LAUNCH
FOOTAGE OF MARS CLIMATE ORBITER, AND ANIMATION OF MARS
POLAR LANDER - (replay)

Mars Climate Orbiter video file:

- animation
- launch footage
- hardware footage
- interviews (new)

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell

202/358-1753.
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA: Mary
Hardin 818/354-5011.

ITEM 1a - MARS CLIMATE ORBITER ANIMATION . TRT - 6:11

Animation shows the launch of the Mars Climate
Orbiter, rocket separation, the establishment of orbit and mapping
of Mars.

ITEM 1b - MARS CLIMATE ORBITER B-ROLL TRT - 2:23

Cleanroom activities, hardware at KSC in 1998.

ITEM 1c - MARS CLIMATE ORBITER LAUNCH AT CAPE CANAVERAL

TRT - 3:03

Launch of the Delta rocket on December 11,1998 that carried the

Mars Climate Orbiter into space.

ITEM 1d - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS TRT - 1:47

Dr. Richard Zurek, Project Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion

Laboratory

ITEM 1e - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS TRT - :56

Dr. Sam Thurman, Flight Operations Manager, NASA Jet Propulsion

Laboratory

ITEM 1f - MARS POLAR LANDER ANIMATION TRT 2:46

Animation of the Mars Polar Lander entry, descent, landing and

surface operation.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell

202/358-1753.
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA: Diane
Ainsworth 818/354-0850.

ITEM 2 - NASA BIOFEEDBACK TECHNOLOGY MAY HELP VICTIMS

OF DIABETES (replay)
Synopsis: Technology derived from NASA's Aviation Research may
soon help people with diabetes. If studies at the Strelitz
Diabetes Institutes' Research Institute at Eastern Virginia
Medical School, Norfolk, VA, prove successful, the Virtual Reality
Biofeedback device may be used in doctors' offices or in patients'
homes to help diabetics manage their blood flow. Patients wear a
3-D virtual reality headset to visualize their own blood vessels
and veins, then use biofeedback methods to increase blood flow
through them.

Contact at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA: H.

Ivelisse Gilman 757/864-5036.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael Braukus
202/358-1979.

ITEM 2a - VIRTUAL REALITY BIOFEEDBACK DEVICE TRT - 1:41

Footage shows Dr. Aaron Vinik, Director of Research at the

Strelitz Diabetes Research Institute of Eastern Virginia Medical
School, and patient using NASA's Virtual Reality biofeedback
device.

ITEM 2b - VISUAL IMAGING SIMULATOR TRT - :42

The device is a spin-off from technology used in NASA's Aviation

Safety Research. NASA artificial vision technology was initially
used to train pilots to fly in low- or no-visibility situations.

Footage shows Dr. Alan Pope, inventor of the Virtual Reality

Biofeedback Device, and NASA pilot Lynda Kramer in Visual Imaging
Simulator.

ITEM 2c - VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET AND ANIMATION TRT - :37

The computer graphics animation was developed using virtual

reality originally intended for aerospace applications. Data
visualization is used to study the complex airflow patterns around
wing shapes and new aircraft designs.

Footage shows Kurt Severance, co-inventor of the Virtual Reality

Biofeedback Device, using virtual reality headset to view airflow
animation.
ITEM 2d - INTERVIEW (3 bites) TRT - 1:02

Dr. Alan Pope, Research Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center,

Hampton, VA.

ITEM 2e - INTERVIEW (2 bites) TRT - :45

Dr. Aaron Vinik, Director of Research, The Strelitz Diabetes

Research Institute, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA.

ITEM 2f - INTERVIEW (1 bite) TRT - :20

Kurt Severance, Computer Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center,

Hampton, VA.

ITEM 3 - SATELLITE IMAGES OF DEVASTATING NORTH CAROLINA

FLOODS
(Images will play beginning at 3:00 p.m.)

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