NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: April 16, 1999
Media Advisory m99-076

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Summary

-- Video File for April 16

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Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:
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NASA VIDEO FILE FOR April 16, 1999

ITEM 1 STUDENTS TEST SKILLS IN MOONBUGGY RACE (TRT 4:38)

ITEM 1A  1998 MOONBUGGY RACE FOOTAGE
     University and high school students nationwide will test 
their engineering skills in NASA's annual Moonbuggy Race on 
April 17 in Huntsville, AL. Teams design and build 
their vehicles, then race them on a unique moon-like obstacle 
course. TRT 3:02

ITEM 1B INTERVIEW: FRANK BRANNON, 1999 MOONBUGGY RACE 
COORDINATOR
     Brannon explains the requirements for buggy assembly and 
design. He also discusses who the race participants are. TRT :46

Contact at Marshall Space Flight Center: Jerry Berg 256/544-
0034

ITEM 2 LANDSAT LAUNCH (REPLAY) (TRT 5:54)
ITEM 3 LANDSAT MISSION: PICTURES OF EARTH (REPLAY) (TRT 
27:00)

  ITEM 3A LANDSAT ANIMATIONS
  ITEM 3B COLLECTING THE DATA
  ITEM 3C MAKING THE IMAGES - THE LAYERS OF SAN FRANSISCO
  ITEM 3D ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
  ITEM 3E LANDSAT 7 IS READIED AT VALLEY FORGE, PA
  ITEM 3F SCIENTISTS AT EROS DATA CENTER
  ITEM 3G STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
  ITEM 3H THE LANDSAT SERIES - HISTORICAL FOOTAGE
  ITEM 3I INTERVIEW - PHIL SABELHAUS, PROJECT MANAGER
  ITEM 3J INTERVIEW - DARREL WILLIAMS, PROJECT SCIENTIST
  ITEM 3K INTERVIEW - SAM GOWARD, SCIENCE TEAM LEADER
  ITEM 3L URBAN GROWTH
  ITEM 3M DEFORESTATION
  ITEM 3N ATLANTA HEAT ISLAND
  ITEM 3O FLOOD COMPARISON ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
  ITEM 3P AFTEREFFECTS OF A VOLCANIC ERUPTION
  ITEM 3Q FIRE DAMAGE OF A CONIFER FOREST
  ITEM 3R IMPACT CRATERS
  ITEM 3S MEXICO CITY
  ITEM 3T GRAND CANYON
  ITEM 3U CHESAPEAKE BAY
  ITEM 3V INTERNATIONAL VIEWS

ITEM 4 HUBBLE SHOOTS THE MOON (REPLAY) (TRT :30)
     Instead of peering at the distant universe, the Hubble 
Space Telescope has taken a look closer to home -- at the Moon.  
Hubble captured one of the Moon's most dramatic and 
photogenic targets, the 58-mile wide impact crater
Copernicus.  Images shown are (1) the moon with the crater 
outlined in green and (2) a close view of the Copernicus 
crater.

Contact at Headquarters: Don Savage, 202/358-1727;
Contact at the Space Telescope Science Institute:  Ray 
Villard, 410/338-4514.

ITEM 5 SIM ANIMATION (REPLAY)(TRT :43)

     NASA is planning to extend the recent discoveries of 
new planetary systems by searching for objects almost as low in 
mass as the Earth that may be orbiting neighboring stars. 
This animation shows one concept for the Space Interferometry 
Mission (SIM), a unique observatory approximately 30 feet 
across. SIM combines the light from seven telescopes to 
determine with exquisite precision the very small motion of 
stars due to the gravitational tug of their orbiting 
planetary family.

Contact at Headquarters: Don Savage, 202/358-1727;
Contact at Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Jane Platt, 818/354-
0880.

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