Add to NASA Daily News SummaryFor Release: June 16, 2000Media Advisory m00-119aSUMMARYNEWS RELEASESNASA AND CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS OPEN NEW AERONAUTICS CLASSROOMVIRTUAL YOU -- OR HOW TO WORK IN YOUR 'JAMMIES'NASA AWARDS NASA LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACTS-----------------------------NASA AND CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS OPEN NEW AERONAUTICS CLASSROOMThe exciting world of science and technology will spring tolife at Los Angeles Southwest College's new Aeronautics EducationLaboratory. NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin and Congresswoman MaxineWaters, along with Astronaut Yvonne Cagle, other NASA officials,and staff from Los Angeles Southwest College will open the labdoors today at a dedication ceremony on the campus of Los AngelesSouthwest College.Full text:ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-093.txtNASA Headquarters Contact: Sonja Alexander (Phone: 202/358-1761)Glenn Research Center contact: Lori Rachul (Phone: 216/433-2901)-----------------------------VIRTUAL YOU -- OR HOW TO WORK IN YOUR 'JAMMIES'Think you must dress for success even in the bold new world oftelecommuting? Maybe not, even if your employer has a videophone to display yourimage. A digital human-image animation computer system under development atNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., can use the smallest unitsof speech, called phonemes, to manipulate a person's facial movements in animage. While development is in the early stages at this point, the eventualresult will be photo-realistic animation of a person speaking.Full text:ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-094.txtNASA Headquarters Contact: Michael Braukus (Phone: 202/358-1979)Jet Propulsion Laboratory contacts: Nancy Lovato, (818) 354-6278; Carolina
Martinez, (818) 354-9382-----------------------------NASA AWARDS NASA LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACTSNASA today announced the awards for the NASA Launch Services(NLS) contracts, which will provide a broad range of launchservices for NASA planetary, earth-observing and scientificpayloads. NASA selected both Boeing Delta Launch Services, Inc. andLockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Inc. for award of anIndefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with a minimum ofone launch service to each contractor, spanning a 10-year period.Full text:ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/contract/2000/c00-e.txtNASA Headquarters Contact: Kirsten Williams (Phone: 202/358-0243)Kennedy Space Center Contact: Bruce Buckingham (Phone: 407/867-2468)**************VIDEO:For a complete list of upcoming live television events, seehttp://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html-----------------------------Unless otherwise noted, ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN.ANY CHANGES TO THE VIDEO LINE-UP WILL APPEAR ON THE NASA VIDEOFILE ADVISORY ON THE WEB ATftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txtWE UPDATE THE ADVISORY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.The NASA Video File normally airs at noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m.and midnight Eastern Time.NASA Television is available on GE-2, transponder 9C at 85 degreesWest longitude, with vertical polarization. Frequency is on 3880.0megahertz, with audio on 6.8 megahertz.Refer general questions about the video file to NASA Headquarters,Washington, DC: Ray Castillo, 202/358-4555, or Fred Brown,202/358-0713, fred.brown@hq.nasa.govDuring Space Shuttle missions, the full NASA TV schedule willcontinue to be posted at:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.htmlFor general information about NASA TV see:http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/
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