NASA Daily News Summary For Release: June 23, 1999 Media Advisory m99-127 Summary: -- Video File for June 23: STS-93 Crew Arrives at Kennedy -- Upcoming Live Event: FUSE Launch, June 24 ****** No news releases have been issued today 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 ***** Video File for June 23, 1999 ITEM 1 STS-93 CREW ARRIVAL AT KENNEDY (TRT 02:34) ITEM 2 STS-93 CREW M-113 TANK TRAINING (TRT 02:08) ITEM 3 FUSE SATELLITE TO LAUNCH THIS WEEK (REPLAY) (TRT 05:55) **NOTE: The STS-93 crew will participate in a question and answer session from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, FL, today at 3:30 p.m. EDT. The event will be carried live on NASA Television, replayed at 4 p.m. EDT and replayed as part of the video file beginning at 6 p.m. EDT. ***** ITEM 1 STS-93 CREW ARRIVAL AT KENNEDY (TRT 02:34) Footage shows the arrival of the STS-93 Crew members for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test at Kennedy Space Center beginning June 21. The flight crew comprises Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jeff Ashby and mission specialists Steve Hawley, Catherine Coleman and French astronaut Michel Tognini. A countdown test is held prior to each Space Shuttle flight. The launch day dress rehearsal, scheduled for Thursday, follows three days of emergency egress training exercises, flights in the Shuttle Training Aircraft and an inspection of the Chandra X-ray Observatory payload inside Shuttle Columbia's payload bay. Contact at Kennedy Space Center: Joel Wells, 407/867-2468. ***** ITEM 2 STS-93 CREW M-113 TANK TRAINING (TRT 02:08) Footage shows the STS-93 crew engaged in orientation training in M- 113 armored vehicles on June 22, 1999. The M-113 armored vehicle is used for crew emergency egress from the launch pad perimeter in the event of an emergency. Contact at Kennedy Space Center: Joel Wells, 407/867-2468. ***** ITEM 3 FUSE SATELLITE TO LAUNCH THIS WEEK (REPLAY) (TRT 05:55) The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer spacecraft (FUSE) mission seeks to answer long-standing questions about the origins of the universe. FUSE will investigate the origin and evolution of the lightest elements in the universe. FUSE will also examine the forces and processes involved in the evolution of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. ITEM 3A FUSE ANIMATION ITEM 3B FUSE LOOKS WITHIN AND BEYOND MILKY WAY The FUSE science team will study the hot gas content of our galaxy, the Milky Way, and its nearest neighboring galaxy, the Magellanic Clouds. To conduct these large studies, FUSE will observe hundreds of astronomical objects, using about half of the observing time during the three year mission. ITEM 3C FUSE IN THE CLEAN ROOM AT GODDARD The Johns Hopkins University developed FUSE for NASA. Johns Hopkins University has the primary responsibility for all aspects of the project, including both development and operational phases of the mission. This is the first time that a mission of this scope has been developed and operated entirely by a university. Credits: NASA and Orbital Sciences Corporation ITEM 3D INTERVIEW: DR. EDWARD J. WEILER, NASA ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR SPACE SCIENCE Contact at NASA Goddard: Donna Drelick, 301/286-7995; Contact at NASA Headquarters: Doug Isbell, 202/358-1547. ***** UPCOMING LIVE EVENT: FUSE LAUNCH, JUNE 24 Launch is scheduled for Thursday, June 24 from the Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL. Launch coverage, which will be carried live on NASA Television, will begin at 10 a.m. EDT, and the launch window opens at 11:39 a.m. Contact at NASA Goddard: Donna Drelick, 301/286-7995; Contact at NASA Headquarters: Doug Isbell, 202/358-1547. ****************************************************** The NASA Video File generally airs at noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m. and midnight Eastern Time, but may be pre-empted by mission coverage or breaking news. 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. Refer general questions about the video file to NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo, 202/358-4555, or Pam Poe, 202/358-0373. During Space Shuttle missions, the full NASA TV schedule will continue to be posted at: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html For general information about NASA TV see: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/ ***** Contract Awards Contract awards are posted to the NASA Acquisition Information Service Web site: http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html ***** The NASA Daily News Summary is issued each business day at approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time. Members of the media who wish to subscribe or unsubscribe from this list, please send e-mail message to: Brian.Dunbar@hq.nasa.gov ***** end of daily news summary