NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: October 5, 1998

Media Advisory 98-43

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

Leonid Meteors' Threat to Spacecraft Called Elevated but not Serious

NASA Contributes Technology to War on Cancer

NASA Video File for October 5, 1998

Upcoming Live Events:

Live Television Events Related to STS-95
Aeronautics Conference, Oct. 9

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Leonid Meteors' Threat to Spacecraft Called Elevated but not Serious

The Nov. 17 Leonids meteor storm will present an elevated, though not serious,
threat
to spacecraft in the vicinity of the Earth for about half a day, according to NASA
and
Department of Defense experts, who have been studying the potential risk to
spacecraft.

Contact at Headquarters, Washington, DC: Donald Savage, 202/358-1547

Contact at Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Ed Campion, Phone: 281/483-5111

Full text will be posted by 4 p.m. EDT to:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1998/98-
.txt

NASA Contributes Technology to War on Cancer

In observance of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, NASA will

release information on new ways aerospace research and technology is
helping in the understanding, detection and treatment of all types of
cancer.

Contact at Headquarters, Washington, DC: Terri Hudkins, 202/358-1977.

Full text: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1998/n98-062.txt

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Index of NASA News Releases:

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

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Video File for October 2, 1998

Video File for October 5, 1998

ITEM 1: MARS POLAR LANDER ARRIVES AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER

NASA's Mars Polar Lander arrived at Kennedy Space Center on October 1, to
undergo
final preparations for launch. The launch of the Mars Polar Lander is targeted for
January
3, 1999. The solar-powered spacecraft is designed to touch down near the planet's
south
pole, at the edge of Mars' thin, carbon dioxide ice sheet. The mission's objective is
to
study the water cycle at the Martian south pole. The lander also will help scientists
learn
more about the history of climate change on Mars and the distribution of its current
resources, by studying frosts, dust, water vapor and condensates in the Martian
atmosphere.
Contact at Kennedy Space Center: George Diller 407/867-2468; contact at
Headquarters:
Doug Isbell 202/358-1753.

ITEM 2: NASA'S SPACE STAMP (replay)

Contact at Kennedy Space Center: Bruce Buckingham 407/867-
2468.

ITEM 3: 40TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC VIDEO (replay)

Contact at Headquarters: Ray Castillo 202/358-4555.

The NASA Video File airs at noon, 3, 6, 9 p.m. and midnight Eastern
time. For further information, please contact Ray Castillo, 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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Upcoming Live Events

EVENTS RELATED TO STS 95:

October 6 Tuesday
3 p.m. EDT: STS 95 Crew Arrives for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test,
Kennedy
Space Center

October 8, Thursday
10 - 10:55 a.m. EDT - STS-95 NASA Test Director press conference - KSC
1:15 p.m. - STS-95 Crew Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test - KSC
(Questions
from local media from the launch pad)

October 9 Friday
5:30 a.m. - 11 am - STS 95 TCDT Crew Activities (Breakfast, walkout, strap in) -
KSC

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 Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH.

Contact at Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael Braukus, 202/358-1979;

Contact at NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH: Lori Rachul,
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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