NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Feb. 5, 1999

Media Advisory m99-026

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

FEB. 9 SPACE SCIENCE UPDATE TO FEATURE HUBBLE'S BEST LOOK

AT PLANETARY BIRTH

TV SCHEDULING NOTES
VIDEO FILE FOR FEB. 5, 1999

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FEB. 9 SPACE SCIENCE UPDATE TO FEATURE HUBBLE'S BEST LOOK

AT PLANETARY BIRTH

NOTE -- Local media angles:

* NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech, Pasadena, CA
* University of Arizona, Steward Observatory, Tucson, AZ
* Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
* NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Dramatic new Hubble Space Telescope images of eerie

edge-on disks of dust encircling young stars will be the
topic of the next Space Science Update (SSU) on Tuesday, Feb.
9, 1999. Entitled "Dusty Disks, the Builders of Worlds," the
SSU will be held at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, and
broadcast live on NASA Television. The panelists will
discuss the latest findings and the clearest views to date of
planetary construction zones.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Don Savage

202/358-1547.

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

Nancy Neal 301/286-0039.

Contact at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD:

Ray Villard 410/338-4514.

For full text, see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1999/n99-007.txt
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Index of 1998 NASA News Releases:

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

Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:

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

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TV SCHEDULING NOTES AND VIDEO FILE

TV SCHEDULING NOTES:
Stardust Mission Pre-Launch Press Conference originally
scheduled to air live today at 2:00 pm EST from the Kennedy
Space Center has been postponed to 5:00 pm EST today.

X-38 Drop Test originally scheduled to air live today has

been postponed due to weather conditions. A scheduling update
will follow.

X-38 Drop Test Briefing scheduled to air live today has also
been postponed.

VIDEO FILE PLAYING TODAY:

ITEM 1. X-38 FLIGHT TEST (replay)

ITEM 2. SOLAR WIND (replay)
ITEM 3. HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE HERITAGE COOL PICTURE
OF THE MONTH (replay)
ITEM 4: STARDUST MISSION (replay)
ITEM 5: MARS FLYER (Special Request replay)

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ITEM 1. X-38 (replay)

Note: Local media angle:
* NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
* NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dwayne C.
Brown 202/358-1726.
Contact at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA:
Fred A. Brown 805/258-2663.

ITEM 2. SOLAR WIND (replay)

Note: Local media angle:
* Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO
* NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Donald Savage

202/358-1547.
Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:
Bill Steigerwald 301/286-5017.

ITEM 3. HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE HERITAGE COOL PICTURE

OF THE MONTH (replay)

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Don Savage

202/358-1727.
Contact at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD:
Cheryl Gundy 410/338-4707.

ITEM 4. STARDUST MISSION (replay)

Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:

Mary Beth Murrill 818/354-5011.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell
202/358-1753.

ITEM 5: MARS FLYER (Special Request replay)

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell

202/358-1753.

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