NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  Feb. 10, 1999
Media Advisory m99-029


TODAY'S SUMMARY:

* LIVE INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY ON AVIATION OF THE FUTURE

* VIDEO FILE FOR FEB. 10, 1999

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

Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:
http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html

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LIVE INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY ON AVIATION OF THE FUTURE

     "Wings on America," a NASA initiative to develop -- with 
industry and other government agencies -- technology for the 
air travel of the future will be the topic. NASA has a vision 
of  the future in which small aircraft may be as easy to use 
and as inexpensive as today's luxury car. "Wings on America" 
would make doorstep-to-destination travel possible at four 
times the speed of today's highways.
     Interview opportunities are available with Dr. Bruce 
Holmes, head of NASA's General Aviation Office, on Friday, 
Feb. 12, 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST. B-Roll 
is available that includes two new state-of-the-art small 
aircraft and 3-D animation of "smart airports" and the 
cockpits of the future.
     Contact at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA:  
Ivelisse Gilman 757/864-5036.

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VIDEO FILE FOR FEB. 10, 1999

ITEM 1. THE ORBITS OF PLUTO & NEPTUNE CROSS

     Tomorrow at 2:08 a.m. Pacific Time Pluto will move 
farther from the Sun than Neptune, regaining its status as 
the most distant planet in the solar system.  Pluto will 
maintain its title of "most distant planet" for the next 228 
years. Neptune has been the farthest planet for since Feb. 7, 
1979.  Unlike the other planets in our solar system, Pluto 
has a highly elliptical orbit, completing its journey around 
the Sun every 248 years. Thus, Pluto's distance from the Sun 
varies.  Most of the time, Pluto is the farthest planet from 
the Sun, but for a short time during its orbit Pluto is 
closer to the Sun than Neptune. 

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
202/358-1727.
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:  
Jane Platt 818/354-5011.


ITEM 2. YOUNG STELLAR DISKS IN NEW HUBBLE IMAGES (replay)

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
202/358-1727.
Contact at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD:  
Ray Villard 410/338-4707.


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