NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: March 10, 1999
Media Advisory m99-048

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Summary

-- News release on early servicing mission to Hubble Space 
Telescope
-- Video file for March 10
-- Live interview opportunities for possible new flu drug 
resulting from space research, March 12

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News Releases for March 10, 1999

NASA PLANS AN EARLY SERVICING MISSION TO HUBBLE SPACE 
TELESCOPE

     NASA will launch a Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble 
Space Telescope in October so astronauts can replace 
portions of the spacecraftıs pointing system, which has 
begun to fail. Hubble is operating normally and continuing 
to conduct its scientific observations, but only three of 
its six gyroscopes ­- which allow the telescope to point at 
stars, planets and other targets -­ are working properly.

     Contact at Headquarters: Don Savage or Jennifer 
McCarter, 202/358-1547; Contact at Goddard Space Flight 
Center: Nancy Neal, 301/286-0039.


Full text of the release:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-038.txt

If NASA issues any news releases later today, we will 
e-mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list.

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

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Contract Awards

Contract awards are posted to the NASA Acquisition 
Information Service Web site:

http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html

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Video File for March 10, 1999

ITEM 1. NEW TOOL FOR FORECASTING ENORMOUS SOLAR ERUPTIONS 
(replay)

     Scientists will announce a potential tool for 
forecasting enormous and violent explosions on the Sun's 
outer atmosphere. The explosions, called coronal mass 
ejections, are as powerful as billions of nuclear 
explosions and can affect radio communications, electrical 
power systems and satellites orbiting Earth.

     For more information contact Don Savage, NASA 
Headquarters (202/358-1547); Bill Steigerwald, Goddard 
Space Flight Center (301/286-5017).

The NASA Video File airs at noon, 3, 6, 9 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 
at 6.8 megahertz. The full text of 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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Upcoming Live Television Interview Opportunities: Space 
Research May Lead to New Flu Drug

March 12, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. EST.  

A new drug, developed by a partnership between NASA and 
the University of Alabama at Birmingham, may stop the 
flu. Two Johnson & Johnson companies are preparing to begin 
human clinical trials. Talent: Dr. Karen Moore, 
biotechnology scientist from the Center for Molecular 
Crystallography, a NASA Commercial Space Center in 
Birmingham, Alabama. To book a time, call Terasha King at 
(256) 544-3234 or Connie James at 256-544-1183 (PIN 0224).

Full text of the advisory can be found at:

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

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