NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Dec. 19, 2000

Media Advisory m00-232

SUMMARY

NASA TO DISCUSS RESTRUCTURED OUTER PLANET PROGRAM

VIDEO **ALL TIMES EASTERN***

VIDEO FILE FOR DEC. 19, 2000

UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

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NASA TO DISCUSS RESTRUCTURED OUTER PLANET PROGRAM

Dr. Ed Weiler, NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of

Space Science, will brief reporters on the Agency's decision for
restructuring the Outer Planet Program, which includes the Pluto-
Kuiper Express and the Europa Orbiter missions, during a
teleconference set for Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 11 a.m. EST.

This announcement comes three months after an order was issued to

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, to stop work on
the Pluto project due to unacceptably large cost overruns.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Donald Savage

(Phone: 202/358-1547)

For full text see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-063.txt
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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 DEC. 19, 2000

ITEM 1 - EXPEDITION I PAO EVENT - JSC

ITEM 2 - FIRST IMAGES FROM EO-1 SATELLITE - GSFC
ITEM 3 - ASTER -JPL
ITEM 4 - NEW GALILEO IMAGES OF JOVIAN MOON GANYMEDE HINT
AT WATER ICE - JPL (REPLAY)
ITEM 5 - SPACE AGE LIGHT HEALS WOUNDS (LED DEVICE) - MSFC
(REPLAY)
ITEM 6 - TROPICAL RAINFALL MISSION PRODUCES FIRST GLOBAL
RAINFALL
MAPS - GSFC (REPLAY)

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************ UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS ************

Upcoming Television Events:

December 19, Tuesday

- *7:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Expedition I Live Coverage and
Commentary - JSC
- *10:40 - 11:03 a.m. - Expedition I PAO Event - JSC
- *11:05 a.m. - Noon - Expedition I Live Coverage and Commentary
- JSC

December 20, Wednesday

- *7:00 a.m. - Noon - Expedition I Live Coverage and Commentary
- JSC
- 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Aster Live News Interviews - JPL

December 21, Thursday

- *7:00 - 5:30 a.m. - Expedition I Live Coverage and Commentary
- JSC
- *5:45 - 11:00 a.m. - Solar Max: "In the Heart of The Storms"
Live News Interviews - GSFC
- *11:00 - 11:20 a.m. - Expedition I Christmas Message - JSC
- *11:20 a.m. - Noon - Expedition I Live Coverage and Commentary
- JSC
- 2:00 p.m. - Solar Max: "In the Heart of The Storms" Space
Science Update - HQ
- 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Cassini Live News Interviews with KOCE - JPL
- 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Expedition I Status Briefing - JSC

December 22, Friday

- 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Astrobiology Results From Alaska,
Antarctica, and Siberia Live News Interviews - MSFC
- 10:00 a.m. - Noon - Expedition I Live Coverage and Commentary
- JSC
December 23, Saturday
- 1:00 a.m. - Midnight - ISS Weekend Audio (A/G) - JSC

December 24, Sunday

- 1:00 a.m. - Midnight - ISS Weekend Audio (A/G) - JSC

December 25, Monday

- 1:00 a.m. - Midnight - ISS Holiday Audio (A/G) - JSC

December 26, Tuesday

- *7:00 a.m. - Noon - Expedition I Live Coverage and Commentary
- JSC
- *TBD - Progress Redocking to the International Space Station
- 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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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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