NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: Dec. 16, 1998
Media Advisory 98-96

TODAY'S SUMMARY:


NASA Video File for Dec. 16, 1998
	See note about tomorrow's video file schedule

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If additional 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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NASA VIDEO FILE FOR DEC. 16, 1998

ITEM 1:  Animation of Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)
         spacecraft's upcoming encounter with the asteroid 
         Eros.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Doug 
Isbell/Don Savage 202/358-1547.
Contact at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics 
Laboratory, Laurel, MD:  Helen Worth 240/228-5113.


ITEM 2:  NASAšS Top 10 Video Files of 1998 (replay)

 1:  JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE

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

 2:  BUILDING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX:  James 
Hartsfield 281/483-5111.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Dwayne Brown 
202/358-1726.

 3:  HUBBLE VIEWS POSSIBLE PLANET OUTSIDE MILKY WAY

Contact at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD:  
Ray Villard 410-338-4514.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Don Savage:  
202/358-1727. 

 4:  GAMMA RAY BLAST RIVALS BIG BANG

Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:  
Bill Steigerwald 301/286-5017.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Don Savage 
202/358-1727.

 5:  LUNAR PROSPECTOR FINDS ICE ON MOON 

Contact at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA:  
David Morse 650-604-4724.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Doug Isbell 
202/358-1753.

 6:  EL NINO/LA NINA CAUSE SEVERE WEATHER

Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:  
Mary Hardin 818-354-0344.
Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:  
Wade Sisler 301-286-6256.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Dave Steitz 
202/358-1730.

 7:  ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE BIGGEST YET

Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:  
Wade Sisler 301-286-6256.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Dave Steitz 
202/358-1730.

 8:  SCIENTISTS DISCOVER MAGNETAR 

Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL:  
Tim Tyson 256-544-0994.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Don Savage 
202/358-1727.

 9:  SOLAR POWERED AIRPLANE REACHES ALTITUDE RECORD

Contact at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA:  
Fred Brown 805/258-2663.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Mike Braukus 
202/358-1979.

10:  EILEEN COLLINS NAMED FIRST FEMALE SHUTTLE COMMANDER

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


ITEM 3:  Launch (on Dec. 11) of Mars Climate Orbiter (replay)

Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:  
Diane Ainsworth 818-354-5011.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Doug Isbell 
202/358-1753.

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SPECIAL NOTE: CHANGE TO VIDEO FILE SCHEDULE TOMORROW

Tomorrow, Dec. 17, the noon and 3:00 p.m. video file will NOT 
run so NASA TV can bring you live video of the STS-88 crew, 
just returned from the successful first International Space 
Station assembly mission, as follows.

At 11:00 a.m. the press will have the opportunity to ask 
questions of the crew at the Skid Strip at Patrick Air Force 
Base.  Questions will be limited to media onsite.  The crew 
will then depart for Houston.

At approximately 3:30 p.m., NASA TV will cover the crew's 
arrival in Houston. 

All times are Eastern.

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The NASA Video File normally airs at noon, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 
p.m. and midnight Eastern time.  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.

Ray Castillo
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  202/358-4555.

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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