NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Nov. 17, 1998

Media Advisory 98-77

TODAY'S SUMMARY:

* NASA AND VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

ANNOUNCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

* NASA Video File for Nov. 17, 1998

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NASA AND VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

NASA and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, have

joined to sponsor a "Chroniclers of Discovery" Scholarship
Program to help inspire and train students to become
effective communicators of science, engineering, and
technology to the public.
The two-tier scholarship combines the practical
scientific and engineering experience of NASA; the academic
expertise of Vanderbilt; the hands-on experience of the U.S.
Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL; the science
communications background of the Discovery Channel, Bethesda,
MD; and the resources of the Tennessee Space Grant Consortium
and the National Space Grant College & Fellowship Program.
At the ninth/tenth grade level, scholarships will enable
students to participate in a Science Communication Space
Academy, and at the high school senior level, one student
will win a full-tuition scholarship to attend Vanderbilt
University, funded by NASA through the Tennessee Space Grant
Consortium.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Beth Schmid

202/358-1760.

Contact at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN: Jill

Bratina 615/343-6866.

Full text available at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1998/98-207.txt

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If 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 NOV. 17, 1998

ITEM 1: STARDUST MISSION TO HARVEST COMET DUST (replay)

Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA:

Mary Beth Murrill 818/354-5011.

Contact at NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL: George Diller

407/867-2468.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell

202/358-1753.

ITEM 2: NASA STUDYING LEONID METEOR STORM (replay)

Contact at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA:

Kathleen Burton 650/604-9000.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Don Savage

202/358-1727.

ITEM 3: ZARYA PRE-LAUNCH PRESS CONFERENCE (replay)

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

Hartsfield 281/483-5111.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Dwayne Brown

202/358-1726.

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The NASA Video File normally airs at noon, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
p.m. and midnight Eastern time. 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.

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

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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