NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: October 19, 1998

Media Advisory 98-052

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

* NASA Contributes Technology to War on Cancer

* NASA Video File for Oct. 19, 1998

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If any news releases are issued later today, summaries and Internet URLs will be e-
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Index of NASA News Releases:

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

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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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VIDEO FILE FOR OCT. 19, 1998

NOTE: TODAY'S VIDEO FILE WILL RUN FOR 1 HOUR AND 45
MINUTES.

ITEM 1: JOHN GLENN INTERVIEW

This in-depth interview with John Glenn runs 52 minutes and was recorded on
Aug.
20, 1998.

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

ITEM 2: JOHN GLENN HISTORICAL FOOTAGE (replay)

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston TX: Eileen Hawley 281/483-
5111.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo 202/358-4555.

ITEM 3: STS-95 ASTRONAUT INTERVIEWS (replay)

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

ITEM 4: SAMPLING STS-95 EXPERIMENTS (replay)

Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD: Wade Sisler 301-
286-
6256.
Contacts at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dwayne Brown 202/358-1726
and
Don Savage 202/358-1727.

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