NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: October  16, 1998
Media Advisory 98-051

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

* NASA Contributes Technology to War on Cancer

* NASA Video File for Oct. 16, 1998

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NASA CONTRIBUTES TECHNOLOGY TO WAR ON CANCER

     In observance of October as Breast Cancer Awareness 
Month, NASA will release information on new ways aerospace 
research and technology is helping in the understanding, 
detection and treatment of all types of cancer.  

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Terri Hudkins, 
202/358-1977. 

Full text available at: 
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1998/n98-062.txt

Note to Subscribers: A resource list for this story was 
appended to the news summary dated Oct. 1, 1998.

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If any more news releases are issued later today, summaries 
and Internet URLs will be e-mailed to this list.

Index of NASA News Releases:
http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1998/index.html

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VIDEO FILE FOR OCT, 16, 1998

Item 1:  STS-95 Astronaut Interviews
     Crew members give interviews describing their roles in 
the STS-95 mission which is scheduled for launch on Oct. 29, 
1998.

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston TX:  Eileen 
Hawley 281/483-5111. 

Item 2:  U.S. Pilots Fly Russian Tu-144 (Replay)

Contact at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA:  
Fred Brown 805/258-2663.
Contact at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA:  Keith 
Henry 757/864-6120,
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Mike Braukus 
202/358-1979.

Item 3:  A Sampling of STS-95 Experiments (Replay)

Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:  
Wade Sisler 301-286-6256.
Contacts at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Dwayne Brown 
202/358-1726 and Don Savage 202/358-1727.

Item 4:  Glenn History And Training B-Roll (Replay)

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston TX:  Eileen 
Hawley 281/483-5111. 
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo 
202/358-4555.

Item 5:  Near Spacecraft Animation And Broll (Replay)

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell 
202/358-1753.

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The NASA Video File airs at noon, 3, 6, 9 p.m. and midnight 
Eastern  time. For further information, please contact Ray  
Castillo, 202/358-4555. 

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.

The most recent NASA Video File Advisory can be found at: 
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt

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