NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  April 24, 2000
Media Advisory m00-81


SUMMARY


NEWS RELEASES:

NASA TEAMS WITH THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY 
TO FIGHT SKIN CANCER



VIDEO

No video file today due to the launch of Space Shuttle mission 
STS-101 at 4:15 pm.

LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK


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NEWS RELEASES


NASA TEAMS WITH THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY 
TO FIGHT SKIN CANCER

As part of its ongoing commitment to prevention and early 
detection of skin cancer, NASA will team up this year with the 
American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) to screen NASA employees for 
skin cancer on AAD's annual Melanoma Monday.  AAD members will 
volunteer their time to participate in this special screening.  
The screening will begin at 9:30 a.m. EDT on May 1, in room CD70 
of the Health Unit at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St., SW, 
Washington, DC.  Senior NASA officials along with AAD President 
Dr. Richard K. Scher will be available from 10 to 11 a.m. EDT to 
discuss the importance of skin cancer prevention and detection.


Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Renee Juhans 
(Phone:  202/358-1712).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-018.txt 



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VIDEO


LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK

April 24, Monday
*Midnight - 10:00 am - Launch Pad Shot - KSC 
10:00 am - Launch Coverage and Commentary of STS-101 Begins - KSC
4:15 pm - Launch of STS-101 (Atlantis) - KSC 

April 26, Wednesday
2:00 pm - Boomerang Space Science Update - HQ 


During the Space Shuttle Mission, see

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html

for the latest television schedule



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WE UPDATE THE ADVISORY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

The NASA Video File normally airs at noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 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 on 6.8 megahertz.

Refer general questions about the video file to NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC: Ray Castillo, 202/358-4555, or Fred Brown,
202/358-0713, fred.brown@hq.nasa.gov

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/



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