NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Nov. 27, 2000

Media Advisory m00-220

SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES

Brian Welch, NASA Director of Media Services, Dies

VIDEO **ALL TIMES EASTERN***

VIDEO FILE FOR NOV. 27, 2000

Item 1 - Kids, Radio Telescopes and Cassini - JPL

Item 2 - STS-97 Crew Training - JSC
Item 3 - STS-97 Crew Interviews - JSC

UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

************ NEWS RELEASES ************

Brian Welch, NASA Director of Media Services, Dies

Brian D. Welch, a veteran public affairs officer for the space agency and NASA's
Director of Media Services, died Friday, Nov. 24, after suffering a heart
attack. He was 42. "All of us at NASA are stunned and saddened by this tragic
loss," said NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin. "Brian's love and enthusiasm
for space flight and exploration was infectious. He approached his job with a
passion and a purpose and truly embodied the spirit of this agency." As Director
of Media Services, Welch led many of the agency's public outreach efforts. He
was responsible for overall agency news operations, NASA Television and the
agency's Internet efforts.

Full text of the news release can be found at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-187.txt

NASA Headquarters contact: Robert Jacobs, (Phone: 202/358-1600)

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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. 27, 2000

Item 1 - Kids, Radio Telescopes and Cassini - JPL

Item 2 - STS-97 Crew Training - JSC
Item 3 - STS-97 Crew Interviews - JSC

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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:

November 27, Monday

2:00 - 9:00 a.m - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
Noon - 4:30 p.m. - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA
Gallery, and Education File) - HQ
4:30 p.m. - STS-97 Crew Arrival - KSC
6:00 - Midnight - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA
Gallery, and Education File) - HQ

November 28, Tuesday

2:00 - 7:00 a.m - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. - Texas Students Prepare Biology Experiments for the
International Space Station Live News Interviews - MSFC
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
9:00 a.m. - STS-97 L-2 Countdown Status Briefing - KSC
*10:00 - 10:30 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
*10:30 a.m. - Expedition I Crew PAO Event with The Discovery Channel - JSC
*11:00 a.m. - Noon - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
Noon - 4:00 p.m. - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA
Gallery, and Education File) - HQ
4:00 p.m. - STS-97 Launch Readiness Review Briefing - KSC
5:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Kids, Telescopes, and Cassini Live News Interviews - JPL
9:30 - Midnight - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA
Gallery, and Education File) - HQ

November 29, Wednesday

2:00 - 9:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
9:00 a.m. - STS-97 L-1 Countdown Status Briefing - KSC
10:00 a.m. - Noon - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
Noon - 4:30 p.m. - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA
Gallery, and Education File) - HQ
4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Frogbot: Mechanical Frog Rover Live News Interviews - JPL
9:00 - Midnight - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA
Gallery, and Education File) - HQ
November 30, Thursday
2:00 - 5:00 a.m. - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
5:00 - 9:00 a.m. - STS-97 Pad Shot - KSC
9:00 a.m. - Noon - ISS Expedition I Commentary - JSC
Noon - 5:00 p.m. - Regular NASA Television Programming (Video File, NASA
Gallery, and Education File) - HQ
5:00 p.m. - STS-97 Launch Coverage and Commentary Begins - KSC
10:06 p.m. - STS-97 Launch KSC

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*December 1 - December 11 - STS-97 Live Commentary JSC

For a complete list of upcoming live television events, see

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

During Space Shuttle missions, the NASA Television schedule

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