NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: July 26, 1999
Media Advisory m99-152


Summary:

NASA has no plans to issue any news releases today.

Video File for July 26


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Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:

     http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html

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the STS-93 Mission on NASA-TV.  Launch highlights will be 
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Video File for July 26, 1999:

Item  1 - Fruit Fly Experiments On Board the Shuttle     TRT  9:24
Item  2 - Discussions with Women: the Past, Present 
          and Future of Space (replay)           approx. TRT 48:00


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ITEM  1 - FRUIT FLY EXPERIMENTS ON BOARD THE SHUTTLE 

Video of a colony of 30 thousand genetically engineered fruit flies aboard STS-93 
(the current space shuttle mission). The flies are there so scientists can see 
study how microgravity and spaceflight affect the developing nervous system , 
specifically the nerves that control movement. The flies are housed in the 
Incubator Containment Module in Columbia's middeck.

1a - Fruit Flies on Space Shuttle                      TRT - 1:15

Footage shows shots of adult fruit flies, fruit fly larvae, and green glowing 
larvae under the microscope (with a voice over from interview with principal 
investigator Dr. Haig Keshishian, Yale University.


1b - Fruit Fly Experiment                              TRT - 1:43

Hardware preparation at Kennedy Space Center.


1c - Interview excerpts                                TRT - 3:11

Principal investigator on fruit fly experiment, Dr. Haig Keshishian, Yale 
University.


1d - Interview excerpts                                TRT - 1:32

Debra Reiss-Bubenheim, Project Scientist, STS-93 fruit fly experiment, NASA Ames 
Researcher Center

Contact at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA:  Laura Lewis 650/604-
2162.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Renee Juhans 202/358-1712.


ITEM  2 - DISCUSSIONS WITH WOMEN: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
          OF SPACE (REPLAY)
Moderator: Lynn Sherr, ABC News
Panelists:
Marta Bohn Meyer, 1st woman crewmember of SR-71
Yvonne Cagle, NASA Astronaut
Jennifer Harris, Flight Director, Mars Pathfinder program
Ellen Ochoa, 1st hispanic woman in space
Sally K. Ride, Ph.D., 1st woman in space
Donna Shirley, Ph.D., Head of Mars Exploration Program
Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., 1st woman to walk in space


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