NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Nov. 14, 2000

Media Advisory m00-213

SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES

SMART SURGICAL PROBE FOLLOW-ON TO FIGHT BREAST CANCER

NASA PROGRAM HELPS BRAIN-INJURED PATIENTS REACH FOR THE

STARS

VIDEO **ALL TIMES EASTERN***

VIDEO FILE FOR NOV. 14, 2000

UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

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SMART SURGICAL PROBE FOLLOW-ON TO FIGHT BREAST CANCER

A Silicon Valley start-up company has obtained a license to

develop, produce and market an innovative diagnostic device for
early breast cancer detection based on technology originally
developed by NASA researchers. San Jose-based BioLuminate, Inc.,
plans to develop a commercial version of the "Smart Surgical
Probe" originally developed at NASA's Ames Research Center,
Moffett Field, CA. The probe is a small disposable needle with
multiple sensors. It has the potential to enable physicians to
diagnose tumors without surgery, thereby dramatically reducing the
number of breast biopsies that women undergo annually.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael Braukus

(Phone: 202/358-1979)
Contact at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA: Ann
Hutchison (Phone: 650/604-0176)

For full text see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-179.txt

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NASA PROGRAM HELPS BRAIN-INJURED PATIENTS REACH FOR THE

STARS

Brain-injured patients are exploring the stars with a

click of a computer mouse, thanks to a special hands-on,
interactive NASA education program.

Through Telescopes In Education, sponsored by NASA's Jet

Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA, patients are no
longer limited by their physical barriers, and are free to
stretch their imaginations.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Sonja Alexander

(Phone: 202/358-1761)
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA: Carolina
Martinez (Phone: 818/354-9382)

For full text see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-180.txt

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

summaries and Internet URLs to this list.

Index of 2000 NASA News Releases:

http://www.nasa.gov/releases/2000/index.html

Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:

http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html
************ VIDEO FILE ************

VIDEO FILE FOR Nov. 14, 2000

ITEM 1 - SMART PROBE - AMES

ITEM 2 - NEAR LOW-ALTITUDE FLYOVER OF EROS - JOHNS HOPKINS
UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY

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ANY CHANGES TO THE VIDEO LINE-UP WILL APPEAR ON THE NASA

VIDEO
FILE ADVISORY ON THE WEB AT

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt

WE 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.

**** Note **** During Space Shuttle missions, the NASA Television
schedule can be found at the following web address:
http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/tvsked/schedule.html

************ UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS ************

Upcoming Television Events:

Note: The timing for some of these events is approximate. Refer

to NASA TV for updates.
November 14, Tuesday
2:00 - 3:30 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
3:31 - 3:36 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Crew Status Briefing
(live from orbit) - JSC
3:45 - Noon - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
Noon - 2:30 p.m. - Regular NASA Television Programming
(Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ
2:45 - 3:45 p.m. - Young Astronaut Program - MSFC
4:00 p.m. - Midnight - Regular NASA Television Programming
(Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ

November 15, Wednesday

2:00 - 2:30 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
2:31 - 2:37 a.m. - Expedition I Crew Video Downlink - MCC-M
via JSC
3:00 a.m. - Noon - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
Noon - Midnight - Regular NASA Television Programming
(Video File, NASA Gallery, and Education File) - HQ

November 16, Thursday

2:00 a.m. - Noon - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
Noon - 1:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ
3:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ
4:30 p.m. - Expedition I Mission Status Briefing - JSC
5:30 - 9:00 p.m. - JPL Helps Brain Injured Patients to Explore
the Universe Live News Interviews - JPL
9:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ
10:00 p.m. - Expedition I Mission Status Briefing - HQ (replay)

November 17, Friday

2:00 - 5:30 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
6:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Leonids Meteor Shower Live News Interviews
- MSFC
Noon - 2:00 p.m. - NASA Video File and Gallery - HQ
2:00 p.m. - EO1/SAC C L-1 Prelaunch Press Conference - Vandenberg
Air Force Base, CA
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. - EO1/SAC C L-1 Prelaunch Press Conference - HQ
(replay)
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. - NASA Education Hour - HQ
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. - NASA Video File - HQ
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. - EO1/SAC C L-1 Prelaunch Press Conference - HQ
(replay)
8:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
10:07 p.m. - Progress Docks to the International Space Station
 - MCC-M (via JSC)
10:07 p.m. - Midnight - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC

November 18, Saturday

Noon - 3:30 p.m. - Live Coverage of EO1/SAC C Launch - Vandenberg
Air Force Base, CA
1:24 p.m. - EO1/SAC C Launch - Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
2:24 p.m. - EO1 Spacecraft Separation - Vandenberg
Air Force Base, CA
2:54 p.m. - SAC C Spacecraft Separation - Vandenberg
Air Force Base, CA
3:04 p.m. - Citizen Explorer Spacecraft Separation - Vandenberg
Air Force Base, CA
3:14 p.m. - Munin Spacecraft Separation - Vandenberg
Air Force Base, CA

During Space Shuttle missions, the NASA Television schedule can be

found at the following web address:
http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/tvsked/schedule.html

For a complete list of upcoming live television events, see

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html

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Unless otherwise noted, ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN.

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.

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.gov

During Space Shuttle missions, the full NASA TV schedule will

continue to be posted at:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html

For general information about NASA TV see:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/
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