NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Dec. 15, 1998

Media Advisory 98-95

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

* NASA in the News in 1998

* NASA Video File for Dec. 15, 1998

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NASA IN THE NEWS IN 1998

Aeronautics and space got noticed in '98 -- with the return of

John Glenn to earth orbit, the start of International Space Station
construction, and the discovery of ice on the moon. Background
information is available to news media to illustrate the top 10 NASA
stories of the year via the World Wide Web at the URLs listed.
Today's video file accompanies these stories.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Beth Schmid 202/358-

1760.

Full text available at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1998/98-223.txt

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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

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NASA¹S TOP 10 VIDEO FILES OF 1998

ITEM 1: JOHN GLENN RETURNS TO SPACE

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Eileen Hawley

281/483-5111.

ITEM 2: BUILDING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: James Hartsfield
281/483-5111.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dwayne Brown 202/358-
1726.

ITEM 3: HUBBLE VIEWS POSSIBLE PLANET OUTSIDE MILKY WAY

Contact at Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD: Ray

Villard 410-338-4514.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Don Savage: 202/358-
1727.

ITEM 4: GAMMA RAY BLAST RIVALS BIG BANG

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

Steigerwald 301/286-5017.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Don Savage 202/358-
1727.

ITEM 5: LUNAR PROSPECTOR FINDS ICE ON MOON

Contact at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA: David

Morse 650-604-4724.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell 202/358-
1753.

ITEM 6: EL NINO/LA NINA CAUSE SEVERE WEATHER

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

Hardin 818-354-0344.
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 7: ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE BIGGEST YET

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 8: SCIENTISTS DISCOVER MAGNETAR

Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL: Tim
Tyson 256-544-0994.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Don Savage 202/358-
1727.

ITEM 9: SOLAR POWERED AIRPLANE REACHES ALTITUDE RECORD

Contact at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA: Fred

Brown 805/258-2663.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Mike Braukus 202/358-
1979.

ITEM 10: EILEEN COLLINS NAMED FIRST FEMALE SHUTTLE

COMMANDER

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Eileen Hawley

281/483-5111.

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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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