NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Oct. 28, 1998

Media Advisory 98-062

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

* Metropolitan L.A. Under a Slow Squeeze

* New Mars Images Show Lava Flow Plates and Active Dunes
* NASA Contributes Technology to War on Cancer

* NASA Video File for Oct. 28, 1998

* NASA TV Schedule For Space Shuttle Mission STS-95

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METROPOLITAN L.A. UNDER A SLOW SQUEEZE

Downtown and West Los Angeles are moving toward the San
Gabriel Mountains and the metropolitan area in between will
be squeezed slowly over the next several thousand years,
according to researchers using precise satellite surveying
techniques at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
Pasadena, CA. The measurements suggest that new mountains
may be forming south of the high San Gabriel Mountains. The
results come from the Southern California Integrated Global
Positioning System (GPS) Network, an array of 60 GPS
receivers that continuously measures the constant, tiny
movements of earthquake faults throughout Southern
California.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: David E.

Steitz 202/358-1730.

Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:

Mary Hardin 818/354-0344.

Full text available at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1998/98-199.txt

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NEW MARS IMAGES SHOW LAVA FLOW PLATES AND ACTIVE DUNES

The latest images from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor

spacecraft show giant plates of solidified volcanic lava, and
evidence for active dunes near the planet's north pole with
sands that have hopped or rolled across the surface in recent
months. The images will be presented on Thursday, October
29, by members of the mission science team at the annual
meeting of the Geological Society of America in Toronto,
Canada.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Douglas Isbell

202/358-1547.

Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:

Diane Ainsworth 818/354-5011.

Full text available at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1998/98-200.txt

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NASA CONTRIBUTES TECHNOLOGY TO WAR ON CANCER

In observance of October as Breast Cancer Awareness

Month, NASA will release information on new ways aerospace
research and technology is helping in the understanding,
detection and treatment of all types of cancer.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Terri Hudkins,

202/358-1977.

Full text available at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1998/n98-062.txt

Note to Subscribers: A resource list for this story was

appended to the news summary dated Oct. 1, 1998.

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If any additional news releases are issued later today,

summaries and Internet URLs will be e-mailed to this list.

Index of NASA News Releases:

http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1998/index.html

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VIDEO FILE FOR OCT. 28, 1998

 NOTE: There will be no 6:00 and no 9:00 p.m. videofile
today.

NOTE: The video file today will run around the

scheduled briefings.

After launch, please check the STS-95 television

schedule for the video file run time.

Item 1: New Mars Images Show Active Sand Dunes

The latest images from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor
spacecraft show giant plates of solidified volcanic lava, and
evidence for active dunes near the planet's north pole with
sands that have hopped or rolled across the surface in recent
months.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Douglas Isbell
202/358-1547.
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:
Diane Ainsworth 818/354-5011.

Item 2: L-2 Crew Activity Video (3:00 p.m. ONLY)

Contact at NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL: Joel Wells
407/867-2468.

Item 3: Discovery/Friendship 7 Animation

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo
202/358-4555.

Item 4: Glenn Family Interviews

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Eileen
Hawley 281/483-5111.

Item 5: STS-95 Science Experiments (Replay)

Protein Crystal Growth.

Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL:
Steve Roy 256/544-0034.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dwayne Brown
202/358-1726.

Flavors, Fragrances & Food.

Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL:
Steve Roy 256/544-0034.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dwayne Brown
202/358-1726.

Electronic Nose.
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:
Mary Beth Murrill 818/354-6478./
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dwayne Brown
202/358-1726.

Oyster Toadfish.
Contact at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA:
Laura Lewis 650/604-2162.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Jennifer
McCarter 202/358-1639.

Biotech Training, Aerogel Testing, & Glovebox.

Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL:
Steve Roy 256/544-0034.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dwayne Brown
202/358-1726.

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NOTE: There will be no 6:00 and no 9:00 p.m. videofile

today.

The NASA Video File normally airs at noon, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
p.m. and midnight Eastern time. For further information,
please contact Ray Castillo, 202/358-4555.

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.

The most recent NASA Video File Advisory can be found at:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt

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NASA TV SCHEDULE FOR SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-95

The NASA TV schedule for STS-95, covering Oct. 26 through

Nov. 7 is available at:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/sts95.txt
For further information, please contact Ray Castillo 202/358-
4555, or Elvia H. Thompson 202/358-1696 at NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC.

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