NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: July 20, 1999

Media Advisory m99-147

Summary:

NASA plans no press releases today.

Video File for July 20 (approximately one hour)

NOTE: 1:00 pm - Live Coverage of taping of a TV program with

the Apollo 11 crew and young students at the Newseum,
Arlington, VA

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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 1999 NASA News Releases:

http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html

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Video File for July 20, 1999

Item 1 - Apollo 11 Crew Receives Langley Medal

at National Air & Space Museum (replay) approx TRT 12:00
Item 2 - Artrain B-Roll approx TRT 9:00
Item 3 - Apollo 11 Anniversary Music Video (replay) TRT 3:43
Item 4 - Apollo 11 30th Anniversary B-roll (replay) TRT 18:45
Item 5 - Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins
with Her Family (replay) TRT 6:26
Item 6 - STS-93 Commander Eileen Collins
at White House (replay) TRT 2:13
Item 7 - STS-93 Training and Mission Animation (replay) TRT 13:18
Item 8 - Chandra B-Roll and Animation (replay) TRT 2:36

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ITEM 1 - APOLLO 11 CREW RECEIVES LANGLEY MEDAL

AT NATIONAL AIR & SPACE MUSEUM (REPLAY)
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Sarah Keegan
202/358-1600.

ITEM 2 - ARTRAIN B-ROLL

Artrain USA is the nation's only traveling art museum. It is

beginning its Artistry of Space exhibit with work commissioned by
the NASA Art Program and the National Air and Space Museum art
collections. The premiere on July 20, 1999 at Union Station,
Washington, DC, coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Apollo
11 moon landing. There are 78 works spanning three decades that
convey the excitement of space exploration.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Sarah Keegan/Bert

Ulrich 202/358-1600/358-1713.

ITEM 3 - APOLLO 11 MUSIC VIDEO (REPLAY)

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo

202/358-4555.

ITEM 4 - APOLLO 11 30TH ANNIVERSARY B-ROLL (REPLAY)

a - The Apollo 11 Mission: Prior to Flight TRT - 5:47

Clips show various aspects of the Apollo 11 mission that sent
Astronauts Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Ed "Buzz" Aldrin
to the Moon. The first set of clips includes the following:
Crew photo
Mission simulator
LEM flight tests
Suit-up
Walkout

b - The Apollo 11 Mission: Liftoff TRT - 5:44

Footage includes:
Saturn V liftoff
First and second stage separation
Crew enroute to Moon
Views of Earth from the Command module

c - The Apollo 11 Mission: On the Moon TRT - 1:27

Footage includes:
Lunar views
LEM separates from command module
LEM descends to the Moon
Earth views

d - The Apollo 11 Mission: From the Moon back to Earth TRT -

4:22
Footage includes:
Armstrong steps on the Moon
Walking on Moon
Planting flag on Moon
Crew retrieval from ocean and quarantine

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo

202/358-4555.

ITEM 5 - SHUTTLE COMMANDER EILEEN COLLINS WITH HER FAMILY

(REPLAY)

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: James

Hartsfield 281/483-5111.

ITEM 6 - STS-93 COMMANDER EILEEN COLLINS AT WHITE HOUSE

(REPLAY)

Astronaut Eileen Collins was named Commander of the STS-93 at a

White House press conference on March 5, 1998. This footage
includes highlights from that conference. Participants included
the President and Mrs. Clinton and NASA Administrator Daniel S.
Goldin.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo

202/358-4555.

ITEM 7 - STS-93 MISSION ANIMATION (REPLAY)

Compilation of computer animation used during the STS-93 mission

overview briefing.

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Kyle Herring

281/483-5111.
ITEM 8 - CHANDRA B-ROLL AND ANIMATION (REPLAY)

a - Astronauts at Telescope Assembly TRT - 3:28

Astronauts from the STS-93 crew visit the Chandra Telescope
assembly.

b - Chandra Readied for shipping TRT - 1:42

Chandra is bagged, put in a shipping container and readied for
shipping to NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

c - Chandra IUS arrival TRT - 1:11

Footage shows the Chandra X-ray telescope mating with the IUS.

d - Mirror Comparison TRT - :37

Animation shows the refraction properties of the Chandra X-ray
telescope. X-rays that strike a mirror head-on are absorbed. X-
rays that hit a mirror at grazing angles are reflected like a
pebble skipping across a pond. Thus, X-ray telescope mirrors are
shaped like barrels rather than dishes.

e - Deep Space Network TRT - :14

Animation shows the communication path between the satellite and
the AXAF Science Center in Cambridge, MA. This communication is
via NASA's Deep Space Network.

f - Light Path TRT - :25

X-ray photons entering the telescope are reflected at grazing
angles and focussed onto an electronic detector to make an image
of a cosmic source.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Donald Savage

202/358-1727.
Contact at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville AL: Dave
Drachlis 256/544-6538.

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