NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Sept. 25, 2000

Media Advisory m00-183

SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES

NASA TO HONOR MINORITY BUSINESSES

VIDEO ***ALL TIMES EASTERN***

VIDEO FILE FOR SEPT. 25, 2000

UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

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NASA TO HONOR MINORITY BUSINESSES

NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin will present awards to

three minority contractors for their outstanding contributions to
the nation's space program. The three firms will be honored at the
agency's annual Minority Business and Advocates Awards Ceremony on
September 26, 2000 at 2:30 p.m. EDT, at NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC.

NASA named RS Information Services, Inc., of McLean, VA, Minority

Contractor of the Year; Rigging and Welding Specialists, Inc., a
Native American-owned 8(a) company in Highlands, TX, Minority
Subcontractor of the Year; and Pace and Waite, Inc., of
Huntsville, AL, Women-Owned Business of the Year.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Sonja Alexander

(Phone: 202-358-1761)

RELEASE: 00-148

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-148.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 Sept. 25, 2000

No video file today.

NOTE: Today and next week during the Gallery Hour we will be
showing a 16-minute video entitled "The Space Shuttle," narrated
by astronaut and Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of
Space Flight, William F. Readdy. The video details what goes into
the making of Space Shuttle mission. For times see
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/

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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.

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UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

September 26, Tuesday

STS-92 Preflight Briefings
- 9:00 a.m. - International Space Station Overview - JSC
- 10:00 a.m. - STS-92 Mission Overview - JSC
- 11:00 a.m. - Z-1 Truss Payload Briefing - JSC
- 1:00 p.m. - STS-92 EVA Overview - JSC
- 2:00 p.m. - STS-92 Crew News Conference - JSC
- 4:00 p.m. - NASA Minority Business and Advocates Awards Ceremony
- HQ (recorded at 2:30 p.m. on 9/26/00)

September 27, Wednesday

- 11:00 a.m. - Brave New World: Preparing Girls and Women for
Emerging Technologies: NASA - HQ

September 28, Thursday

- 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. - NASA LED Research Used to Treat Cancer and
Trauma Live News Interviews - MSFC
- 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Young Astronauts - MSFC
- 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - SRTM, The Big Apple Like You've Never Seen It
Before 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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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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Contract Awards

Contract awards are posted to the NASA Acquisition information

Service Web site: http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html

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