Don Savage
Headquarters, Washington, DC                  October 6, 1998
(Phone:  202/358-1547)

Bill Steigerwald
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
(Phone:  301/286-5017)

Ray Villard
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
(Phone:  410/338-4514)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N98-63

HUBBLE PROBES OUTER LIMITS AT NEXT SPACE SCIENCE UPDATE

       The next Space Science Update (SSU), called "The 
NICMOS Deep Field:  Probing the Outer Limits," is scheduled 
for Thursday, Oct. 8, 1998, at 11 a.m. EDT, at NASA 
Headquarters in Washington.  A "long exposure" infrared image 
taken with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object 
Spectrometer (NICMOS) has uncovered the faintest galaxies 
ever seen, possibly the farthest objects known in the 
Universe. 

        Panelists will be:
*  Dr. Rodger I. Thompson, NICMOS Principal Investigator, 
University of Arizona
*  Dr. Alan M. Dressler, Astronomer, Observatories of the 
Carnegie Institution, Pasadena, CA
*  Dr. Lisa Storrie-Lombardi, post-doctoral research 
associate, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution
*  Dr. David S. Leckrone, Hubble Space Telescope Senior 
Project Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 
Greenbelt, MD, panel moderator.

       The SSU will originate from the NASA Headquarters 
Auditorium, 300 E St., S.W., Washington, DC, and will be 
carried live on NASA TV with two-way question-and-answer 
capability for reporters covering the event from 
participating NASA centers.  

       NASA Television is broadcast on the GE2 satellite, 
transponder 9C, at 85 degrees West longitude, frequency 
3880.0 Mhz, audio 6.8 MHz.  Audio of the broadcast will be 
available on voice circuit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on 
407/867-1220, 407/867-1240 or 407/867-1260.

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