NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: August 10, 2000

Media Advisory m00-154

SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES

VIDEO GAMES MAY LEAD TO BETTER HEALTH THROUGH

NEW NASA TECHNOLOGY

NASA PLANS TO SEND ROVER TWINS TO MARS IN 2003

VIDEO ***ALL TIMES EASTERN***

VIDEO FILE FOR AUGUST 10, 2000

UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

LIVE SATELLITE INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES

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NEWS RELEASES

NASA PLANS TO SEND ROVER TWINS TO MARS IN 2003

The traffic on Mars is expected to double in the near future.

NASA today announced plans to launch two large scientific rovers
to the red planet in 2003, rather than the original plan for just
one, said Dr. Ed Weiler, Associate Administrator for Space
Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. Both Mars rovers
currently are planned for launch on Delta II rockets from Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. The first mission is targeted for
May 22, with the second launch slated for June 4. After a seven-
and-a-half month cruise, the first rover should enter Mars'
atmosphere January 2, 2004, with the second rover bouncing to a
stop on the Martian surface January 20.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Donald Savage

(Phone: 202/358-1547)

For full text see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-124.txt

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VIDEO GAMES MAY LEAD TO BETTER HEALTH THROUGH NEW NASA

TECHNOLOGY

For decades doctors have used biofeedback as a way to help

control stress and tension. Now NASA technology adds a new twist
by combining this mind-over-matter technique with the hand-eye
coordination of video games. According to researchers at NASA's
Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, the results may actually
improve and protect a player's mental and physical health.

This unique interactive system, tested at Eastern Virginia

Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk, trains people to change their
brainwave activity or other physiological functions while playing
popular off-the-shelf video games. This is accomplished by making
the video game respond to the activity of the player's body and
brain.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael Braukus

(Phone: 202/358-1979)
Contact at Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA: Keith Henry
(Phone: 757/864-6120/4)
Contact at Lantis Laser, Inc., Hewitt, NJ: Stanley Baron (Phone:
203/373-0387)

For full text see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-123.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

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VIDEO FILE FOR AUGUST 10, 2000

ITEM 1 - SRTM IMAGE OF ERUPTION OF VOLCANO MOUNT OYAMA

ON
MIYAKE-JIMA ISLAND, JAPAN - JPL
ITEM 2 - MARS 2003 ROVER ANIMATION - JPL
ITEM 3 - MARS 2003 MISSION TRAJECTORY - JPL
ITEM 4 - VIDEO GAME FOR A.D.D. KIDS - LARC

REPLAYS:
ITEM 5 - GOES IMAGES: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF NORTH AMERICA -
GSFC
ITEM 6 - TRACKING FIRE TRENDS FROM SPACE - GSFC
ITEM 7 - 8/8/00 SEAWIFS: FIRES ABLAZE IN U.S. - GSFC
ITEM 8 - LIGHTWEIGHT AND INFLATABLE SPACECRAFT/DUAL
REFLECTING
TELESCOPES - JPL

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 pm, 6 pm, 9 pm

and midnight Eastern Time.

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UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

August 10, Thursday

- 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. - Mars 2003 Rover Decision News Briefing - NASA
HQ
- 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Mars 2003 Mission Live News Interviews - JPL

August 11, Friday

- 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Inflatable Spacecraft Live News Interviews -
JPL

For a complete list of upcoming live television events, see

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

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LIVE SATELLITE INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY TODAY

*****NASA IS SENDING A ROVER BACK TO MARS IN 2003*****

5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. EDT TODAY, AUGUST 10

In 2003, NASA plans to send a "mobile geologist" to explore the

red planet. This new rover will be fourteen times larger and far
more capable than its predecessor the 1997 Mars Pathfinder
Sojourner rover. Live satellite interviews are available from the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, with Dr. Firouz Naderi,
manager of JPL's Mars Program Office.
To book time for this interview, call Jack Dawson at 818/354-0040
or email Jack at jack.b.dawson@jpl.nasa.gov.

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LIVE SATELLITE INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY AUGUST 11TH

***** INFLATABLES: THE ALTERNATIVE TO STEEL *****

Ultralight, inflatable materials may someday replace traditional

steel on spacecraft, space telescopes, antennas and other
spaceborne objects. Materials that look much like your kitchen
foil may someday replace heavy, costly steel on space structures.
These materials will provide a boost to NASA researchers in their
quest to explore the farthest reaches of the universe, while
substantially reducing mission costs.

Scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

(JPL), Pasadena, Calif., are identifying and exploring new ways to
put large structures in space. Large telescopes and structures 10
times the size of the Rose Bowl that can be compacted and deployed
in a single small launch vehicle and then inflated may someday
replace steel structures.

Live satellite interviews are available with Artur B. Chmielewski,

manager of JPL Space Inflatables Technology. Chmielewski joined
JPL in 1980 and is the Gossamer Spacecraft Initiative Deputy
Manager. He also manages the ARISE mission pre-project and the
Large Telescope Systems activities at JPL. Chmielewski earned his
degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan
and a master's degree in computer science from the University of
Southern California. He is also a graduate of the University of
California Los Angeles School of Management and resides in
Glendale, Calif.

Interview Opportunities: 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 11

To book time for this interview, call Jack Dawson at 818/354-0040

or email Jack at jack.b.dawson@jpl.nasa.gov.
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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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