NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Sept. 25, 2000 Media Advisory m00-183 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES NASA TO HONOR MINORITY BUSINESSES VIDEO ***ALL TIMES EASTERN*** VIDEO FILE FOR SEPT. 25, 2000 UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS ***************************** NASA TO HONOR MINORITY BUSINESSES NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin will present awards to three minority contractors for their outstanding contributions to the nation's space program. The three firms will be honored at the agency's annual Minority Business and Advocates Awards Ceremony on September 26, 2000 at 2:30 p.m. EDT, at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. NASA named RS Information Services, Inc., of McLean, VA, Minority Contractor of the Year; Rigging and Welding Specialists, Inc., a Native American-owned 8(a) company in Highlands, TX, Minority Subcontractor of the Year; and Pace and Waite, Inc., of Huntsville, AL, Women-Owned Business of the Year. Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Sonja Alexander (Phone: 202-358-1761) RELEASE: 00-148 ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-148.txt ---------------------------- If NASA issues any news releases later today, we will e- mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list. Index of 2000 NASA News Releases: http://www.nasa.gov/releases/2000/index.html Index of 1999 NASA News Releases: http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html ***************************** Video File for Sept. 25, 2000 No video file today. NOTE: Today and next week during the Gallery Hour we will be showing a 16-minute video entitled "The Space Shuttle," narrated by astronaut and Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Space Flight, William F. Readdy. The video details what goes into the making of Space Shuttle mission. For times see http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/ ---------------------------- ANY CHANGES TO THE VIDEO LINE-UP WILL APPEAR ON THE NASA VIDEO FILE ADVISORY ON THE WEB AT ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt 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. ----------------------------- UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS September 26, Tuesday STS-92 Preflight Briefings - 9:00 a.m. - International Space Station Overview - JSC - 10:00 a.m. - STS-92 Mission Overview - JSC - 11:00 a.m. - Z-1 Truss Payload Briefing - JSC - 1:00 p.m. - STS-92 EVA Overview - JSC - 2:00 p.m. - STS-92 Crew News Conference - JSC - 4:00 p.m. - NASA Minority Business and Advocates Awards Ceremony - HQ (recorded at 2:30 p.m. on 9/26/00) September 27, Wednesday - 11:00 a.m. - Brave New World: Preparing Girls and Women for Emerging Technologies: NASA - HQ September 28, Thursday - 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. - NASA LED Research Used to Treat Cancer and Trauma Live News Interviews - MSFC - 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Young Astronauts - MSFC - 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - SRTM, The Big Apple Like You've Never Seen It Before Live News Interviews - JPL For a complete list of upcoming live television events, see http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html ----------------------------- Unless otherwise noted, ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN. 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/ ***************************** 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