NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Nov. 27, 1998

Media Advisory 98-84

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

_ STS-88 Television Schedule available later today.

_ NASA Video File for Nov. 27, 1998

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No news releases have been issued on Nov. 27.

If additional news releases are issued later today, summaries
and Internet URLs will be e-mailed to this list.

Index of NASA News Releases:

http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1998/index.html

STS-88 TV Schedule Available Later Today

The first version of the NASA Television Schedule for STS-88,

set for launch Dec. 3, will be available later today. The
URL:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/sts88.txt

VIDEO FILE FOR NOVEMBER 27, 1998

ITEM 1: STS-88 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION B-ROLL

Footage includes mission animation detailing the orbital
mating of Unity and Zarya, completed Station animation,
spacewalkers training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory,
past spacewalks, and hardware preparation.

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: James

Hartsfield 281/483-5111.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dwayne Brown
202/358-1762.

ITEM 2: SWAS TO STUDY STAR FORMATION

 The SWAS spacecraft is scheduled for launch on Dec. 2,
1998. SWAS will study the formation of stars from amorphous
gas clouds.

Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:

Jim Salhi 301/286-8955.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Don Savage

202/358-1727.

ITEM 3: TRMM: A YEAR IN REVIEW (replay)

Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:

Allen Kenitzer 301/286-2806.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dave Steitz

202/358-1730.

ITEM 4: THE MYTH OF THE EXPANDING SAHARA DESERT (replay)

Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:
Wade Sisler 301/286-6256.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dave Steitz

202/358-1730.

ITEM 5: DEEP SPACE ONE ANIMATION (replay)

Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:

John Watson 818/354-5011.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell

202/358-1753.

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The NASA Video File normally airs at noon, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
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.

Ray Castillo
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: 202/358-4555.

The most recent NASA Video File Advisory can be found at:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt

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