NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Oct. 15, 1999

Media Advisory m99-215

Summary:

NASA BRINGS ITS VISION FOR THE FUTURE TO MASSACHUSETTS

ITEM 1 - SEAWIFS IMAGES: HURRICANE IRENE FLY-UPS

ITEM 2 - AUTUMN FROST ON MARTIAN LANDSCAPE

(MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGE)

ITEM 3 - INSPECTION '99 PSAs

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NASA BRINGS ITS VISION FOR THE FUTURE TO MASSACHUSETTS

On Monday, Oct. 18, NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin and

astronaut Daniel Barry will join U.S. Representative Richard Neal
on a visit to Southbridge High School and the Center for Advanced
Fiber Optics in Southbridge, MA. Goldin and Barry will talk to
Southbridge High School students about the importance of math and
science in their future. Barry will also discuss with students
his past mission to space. Administrator Goldin will lay out
NASA's vision for exploration in the coming decades and discuss
how businesses in Massachusetts play a vital role in helping NASA
achieve its bold goals on the visit to the Center for Advanced
Fiber Optics.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Roddy Young

202/358-4726.

For full text, see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/media/1999/m99-213.txt

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If NASA issues additional news releases later today, we will e-

mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list.

Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:

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

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Video File for Oct. 15, 1999

ITEM 1 - SEAWIFS IMAGES: HURRICANE IRENE FLY-UPS TRT 1:48

These images of Hurricane Irene were captured by the Sea-viewing

Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) satellite onboard the Sea Star
spacecraft. The images were taken at approximately 4:00 PM EDT on
Oct. 14, 1999. The images were enhanced and rendered at the
Scientific and Visualization Studio (SVS) at NASA's Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.

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

Deanna Corridon 301/286-0041.

ITEM 2 - AUTUMN FROST ON MARTIAN LANDSCAPE TRT :32

(MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGE) - JPL

Almost as soon as northern fall began, the Mars Global Surveyor

(NGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) started documenting the arrival of
autumn frost--a precursor to the cold winter due in late December.
The first features to become covered by frost were the sand dunes
that surround the north polar ice cap.

Video courtesy NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA: Jane

Platt 818/354-0880.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell
202/358-1753.

ITEM 3 - INSPECTION '99 PSAs - JSC TRT: one @ :10 & one @ :30

The following video(s) are public service announcements for NASA¹s

Technology Showcase Inspection Œ99 at Johnson Space Center on
November 3-5, 1999.

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Ed Campion

281/483-5111.

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