NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: September 2, 1998

Media Advisory 98-22

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

-- SOHO News Conference, Sept. 3

-- Video File for Sept. 2
-- Live Shot Opportunities: Lunar Prospector, on Sept. 3
-- Aeronautics Conference, Oct. 9

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PRESS BRIEFING SEPT. 3 ON SOHO INVESTIGATION AND RECOVERY

OPERATIONS

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will hold a press
conference September 3 to provide the latest information on
the recovery of the agencies' Solar and Heliospheric
Observatory (SOHO). The press briefing will begin at 10 a.m.
EDT at the NASA Headquarters auditorium, 300 E St. SW,
Washington, DC. An audio link will allow for media questions
answered by ESA representatives in Parisand staff at NASA
Headquarters and participating NASA centers. Contact: Donald
Savage, NASA HQ (phone: 202/358-1547). The full text of this
advisory can be found at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1998/n98-055.txt

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VIDEO FILE FOR SEPTEMBER 2, 1998

ITEM 1: VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING GETS FACELIFT

Kennedy Space Center's giant Vehicle Assembly Building is
getting a makeover just in time for the John Glenn/STS-95
mission. Painters will use approximately 700 gallons of red,
white, and blue paint to cover the building's 73.000 square
feet.
Contact at Kennedy Space Center: Bruce Buckingham 407-867-
2468.

ITEM 2: UNUSUAL CLOUD IN HURRICANE BONNIE - 3-D ANIMATION

AND B-ROLL (replay)
Contact at Goddard Space Flight Center: Allen Kenitzer
301/286-2806; contact at Headquarters: Dave Steitz 202/358-
1730.

The NASA Video File airs at noon, 3, 6, 9 p.m. and midnight

Eastern time. For further information, please contact Ray
Castillo (phone: 202/358-4555). 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. 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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LIVE TELEVISION INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES

NEW ESTIMATES FOR ICE ON THE MOON FROM LUNAR PROSPECTOR

Live satellite interviews are available with Lunar

Prospector Mission Manager Scott Hubbard or Principal
Investigator Alan Binder on Thursday, September 3, 1998, from
5 to 7 p.m. EDT and 7 to 9 p.m. EDT, respectively. To book
interviews call Ray Castillo at 202/358-4555 (pager 800/759-
8888 pin # 1250807) or Erin Karle at 650/604-2287.

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UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS

CONFERENCE TO REVIEW PROGRESS OF AERONAUTICS PROGRAM

NASA will brief industry and the public-at-large on

progress in meeting its aeronautics goals at the first
conference of this kind to be held Friday, Oct. 9, 1998,
at NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH. Contacts:
Michael Braukus, NASA HQ, (Phone: 202/358-1979); Lori
Rachul, Lewis Research Center, (Phone: 216/433-8806). For
the
full text of this Note to Editors:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1998/n98-054.txt

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CONTRACT AWARDS

NASA contract awards are posted to:

http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html

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