NASA Daily News Summary For Release: July 14, 1999 Media Advisory m99-142 Summary: Video File for July 14 (will run just over 80 minutes today) ********** NASA has no plans for any news releases 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 July 14, 1999 Item 1 - STS-93 Commander Eileen Collins at White House TRT 1:45 Item 2 - X-37: New Space Plane (animation) TRT 3:44 Item 3 - STS-93 Crew Training TRT 11:05 Item 4 - STS-93 Training and Mission Animation (replay) TRT 5:15 Item 5 - Chandra B-Roll and Animation (replay) TRT 7:45 Item 6 - Apollo 11 Retrospective interviews and B-Roll (replay) TRT 31:00 Item 7 - Apollo 11 30th Anniversary (replay) TRT 18:42 ----- ITEM 1 - STS-93 COMMANDER EILEEN COLLINS AT WHITE HOUSE Astronaut Eileen Collins was named Commander of the STS-93 at a White House press conference on March 5, 1998. This footage includes highlights from that conference. Participants included the President and Mrs. Clinton and NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin. Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo 202/358-4555. ITEM 2 - X-37: NEW SPACE PLANE (ANIMATION) NASA and The Boeing Company have entered into an agreement to develop an experimental space plane, the X-37, to test new technologies for reusable launch vehicles. The X-37 will be carried into orbit by the space shuttle or launched by a rocket. It will remain in orbit up to 21 days, performing a variety of experiments before reentering the atmosphere and landing. The space plane will also technologies aimed at significantly cutting the cost of space flight. Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL: Dom Amatore 256/544-0031. Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Jim Cast 202/358- 1779. ITEM 3 - STS-93 CREW TRAINING Footage includes various aspects of training Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: James Hartsfield 281/483-5111. ITEM 4 - STS-93 MISSION ANIMATION (REPLAY) Compilation of computer animation used during the STS-93 mission overview briefing. Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Kyle Herring 281/483-5111. ITEM 5 - CHANDRA B-ROLL AND ANIMATION (REPLAY) a - Astronauts at Telescope Assembly TRT - 3:28 Astronauts from the STS-93 crew visit the Chandra Telescope assembly. b - Chandra Readied for shipping TRT - 1:42 Chandra is bagged, put in a shipping container and readied for shipping to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. c - Chandra IUS arrival TRT - 1:11 Footage shows the Chandra X-ray telescope mating with the IUS Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Donald Savage 202/358-1727. Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville AL: Dave Drachlis 256/544-6538. d - Mirror Comparison TRT - :37 Animation shows the refraction properties of the Chandra X- ray telescope. X-rays that strike a mirror head-on are absorbed. X-rays that hit a mirror at grazing angles are reflected like a pebble skipping across a pond. Thus, X-ray telescope mirrors are shaped like barrels rather than dishes. e - Deep Space Network TRT - :14 Animation shows the communication path between the satellite and the AXAF Science Center in Cambridge, MA. This communication is via NASA's Deep Space Network. f- Light Path TRT - :25 X-ray photons entering the telescope are reflected at grazing angles and focussed onto an electronic detector to make an image of a cosmic source. Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Donald Savage 202/358-1727. Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville AL: Dave Drachlis 256/544-6538. ITEM 6 - APOLLO 11 - 30TH ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE VIDEO (REPLAY) Includes interviews conducted at the National Air and Space Museum on May 26, 1989, with all three astronauts--Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Ed "Buzz" Aldrin--as well as historical footage of Apollo 11. Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo 202/358-4555. ITEM 7 - APOLLO 11 30TH ANNIVERSARY (REPLAY) a - The Apollo 11 Mission: Prior to Flight TRT - 5:47 Clips show various aspects of the Apollo 11 mission that sent Astronauts Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Ed "Buzz" Aldrin to the Moon. The first set of clips includes the following: Crew photo Mission simulator LEM flight tests Suit-up Walkout b - The Apollo 11 Mission: Liftoff TRT - 5:44 Footage includes: Saturn V liftoff First and second stage separation Crew enroute to Moon Views of Earth from the Command module c - The Apollo 11 Mission: On the Moon TRT - 1:27 Footage includes: Lunar views LEM separates from command module LEM descends to the Moon Earth views d - The Apollo 11 Mission: From the Moon back to Earth TRT - 4:22 Footage includes: Armstrong steps on the Moon Walking on Moon Planting flag on Moon Crew retrieval from ocean and quarantine Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo 202/358-4555. ----- 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. 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