NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: Nov. 18, 1999
Media Advisory m99-239

SUMMARY:

PRELAUNCH BRIEFING ON PREMIER EARTH SCIENCE SPACECRAFT TO BE HELD 
NOV. 23

INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE TEAM TO EXAMINE ARCTIC OZONE

Video File for Nov. 18, 1999

ITEM 1 - LEONIDS FLARE OVER EUROPE- AMES

ITEM 2 - HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOON VIDEO OF LEONIDS 
         (shot Nov. 17) - MSFC

ITEM 3 - LEONIDS 1999 IMAGES FROM NOV. 17 (replay)/AMES

ITEM 4 - LEONIDS 1998 PLUS 1999 INTERVIEWS FROM NOV. 16
         AMES/MSFC (replay) 

ITEM 5 - SOLVE VIDEO FILE - ARC, LARC, DFRC

ITEM 6 - MARS MISSIONS CLIP REEL (file footage)

LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK:

November 19, Friday

1:00 - 2:00 pm - Space Science Update on Results from First
Galileo Flyby of Jovian Moon, Io - HQ

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PRELAUNCH BRIEFING ON PREMIER 
EARTH SCIENCE SPACECRAFT TO BE HELD NOV. 23

     A prelaunch briefing to discuss the scientific goals of the 
upcoming Terra mission, a U.S.-Japanese-Canadian Earth Observing 
System spacecraft that will study the planet's lands, oceans, 
clouds and atmosphere, will be held at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Nov. 
23, 1999, in the James E. Webb auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 
300 E St., SW, Washington, DC.

     With a complement of five major scientific instruments, the 
polar-orbiting spacecraft will provide long-term observations 
about Earth's global climate -- sound science that can be used by 
leaders when making global environmental decisions.

     The launch of Terra aboard an Atlas IIAS rocket from 
Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, is scheduled for December.  

     Both the science briefing and the launch will be carried live 
on NASA Television.  

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  David E. Steitz 
(Phone 202/358-1730).
Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:  Allen 
Kenitzer (Phone 301/286-2806).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1999/n99-059.txt 

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INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE TEAM TO EXAMINE ARCTIC OZONE

     NASA scientists are joining researchers from Europe, 
Russia, Canada and Japan to mount the largest field-
measurement campaign ever to assess ozone amounts and changes 
in the Arctic upper atmosphere this winter. 

     This collaborative campaign will measure ozone and other 
atmospheric gases using satellites, airplanes, heavy-lift and 
small balloons, and ground-based instruments.  From November 
1999 through March 2000, researchers will examine the 
processes that control ozone amounts during the Arctic winter 
at mid to high latitudes.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  David E. Steitz 
(Phone 202/358-1730).
Contact at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA:  John 
Bluck (Phone 650/604-5026).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-137.txt 

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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 Nov. 18, 1999

ITEM 1 - LEONIDS FLARE OVER EUROPE - AMES

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
(Phone 202/358-1547).
Contact at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA:  Kathleen 
Burton (Phone 650/604-1731).

ITEM 1a - LEONIDS SHOWER EUROPE----------------------------TRT :57

View out of the window of the ARIA aircraft during the second 
night ( Nov. 18) of the 1999 Leonid Airborne Campaign. Col. Peter 
Worden describes the meteor shower.

ITEM 1b - VIEWING THE LEONID STORM------------------------TRT 1:15

Footage from specially equipped cameras shows various views from 
the ARIA aircraft during the Leonid meteor storm.

ITEM 1c - IN-FLIGHT OBSERVATION----------------------------TRT :46

Footage shows activity of the crew onboard the ARIA aircraft 
during the 1999 mission.

ITEM 1d - TRACKING THE METEORS-----------------------------TRT :28

Footage shows the tracking and weather maps during the mission.

ITEM 1e -INTERVIEW EXCERPTS--------------------------------TRT :51

Peter Jenniskens, Principal Investigator, Leonid Campaign, SETI 
Institute

ITEM 1f - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS-------------------------------TRT :53

Dave Holman, California Meteor Society

ITEM 1g - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS------------------------------TRT 1:02

Seth Shostak, Scientist, SETI Institute

ITEM 2 - HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOON VIDEO OF LEONIDS-----------TRT 2:00
         (shot Nov. 17 & 18) - MSFC

NASA scientists at Marshall Space Flight Center launched a balloon 
to study the Leonid Meteor shower taking place Nov. 17 and 18. The 
Leonids balloon experiment launched from MSFC and landed in 
northern Georgia at approx. 4:30 am on Nov. 18. Researchers will 
be evaluating their data about the Leonids over the coming weeks. 

Contact at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL:  Steve 
Roy (Phone 205/544-0034).
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
(Phone 202/358-1547).

ITEM 3 - LEONIDS 1999 IMAGES FROM NOV. 17 (replay)/AMES

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
(Phone 202/358-1547).
Contact at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA:  Kathleen 
Burton (Phone 650/604-1731).

ITEM 3a - 1999 LEONID B-ROLL-------------------------------TRT :42

Meteor streaks from the ARIA aircraft during the first night of 
the 1999 Leonid Airborne Campaign.

ITEM 3b - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS------------------------------TRT 1:20

Jane Houston, U.S. Astronomer, Leonid Meteor Count Team

ITEM 4 - LEONIDS 1998 PLUS 1999 INTERVIEWS FROM NOV. 16---TRT 9:50
         AMES/MSFC (replay) 

Contact at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA:  Laura 
Lewis (Phone 650/604-2162).
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
(Phone 202/358-1547).

Item 4a - Animation of the Earth Passing through---------TRT 10:00
          the Leonid Meteor Shower

This package includes animation of the Earth passing through the 
Leonid meteor shower and scientists conducting a balloon 
experiment in which a camera attached to an aloft balloon will 
photograph the shower.  Interviews follow with scientists from 
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL.

Item 4b - Leonid Animation

A multinational team of astrobiologists are using two U.S. Air 
Force planes as a platform to view the annual Leonid meteor shower 
this week.  The 1999 Leonid Multi-instrument Airborne Campaign 
(MAC), a mission jointly funded by NASA and the U.S. Air Force, 
has been designed to fly over the longitudes of Europe and the 
Middle East to observe for three nights, from Nov. 16-18, 1999.

Package from NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett-----------TRT 8:27
Field, CA:

Item 4c - Airplane B-roll----------------------------------TRT :30

Footage shows preparation of the two U.S. Air Force planes, the 
ARIA and FISTA, at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, for the 1999 Leonid 
mission.

Item 4d - Onboard the FISTA-------------------------------TRT 1:54

Footage onboard one of the Leonid mission planes.

Item 4e - Interview---------------------------------------TRT 1:41

Scott Sandford, Scientist, Astrophyics Branch, NASA Ames Research 
Center, Moffett Field, CA

Item 4f - Interview---------------------------------------TRT 2:00

Peter Jenniskens, Principal Investigator, Leonid Mission, NASA 
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Item 4g - Interview----------------------------------------TRT :58

Mark Fonda, Project Manager, Leonid Mission, NASA Ames Research 
Center, Moffett Field, CA

Item 4h - Leonids - NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Releases 
          Balloon With Camera To Study Leonids  (replay)

Contact at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL:  Steve 
Roy (Phone 205/544-0034).
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
(Phone 202/358-1547).

Package from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center------------TRT 1:28
Huntsville, AL

ITEM 5 - Scientists Study Arctic Ozone in SOLVE campaign

Contact at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA:  John 
Bluck (Phone 650/604-5026).
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  David E. Steitz 
(Phone 202/358-1730).

ITEM 5a - EXAMINING ARCTIC OZONE--------------------------TRT 1:38

NASA scientists are joining researchers from Europe, Russia, 
Canada and Japan to mount the largest field-measurement campaign 
ever to assess ozone amounts and changes in the Arctic upper 
atmosphere this winter.  This collaborative campaign will measure 
ozone and other atmospheric gases using satellites, airplanes, 
heavy-lift and small balloons, and ground-based instruments.  From 
November 1999 through March 2000, researchers will examine the 
processes that control ozone amounts during the Arctic winter at 
mid to high latitudes.

ITEM 5b - ER-2 AIRCRAFT------------------------------------TRT :52

B-roll: ER-2 aircraft being prepped at NASA Ames; pilot getting 
onboard; takeoff.

ITEM 5c - INTERVIEW---------------------------------------TRT 1:11

Dr. Michael Kurylo, Manager, Upper Atmosphere Research Program at 
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC

ITEM 5d - INTERVIEW---------------------------------------TRT  :29

Dr. Phil DeCola, Program Manager, Upper Atmosphere Research 
Program at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC

ITEM 5e - INTERVIEW---------------------------------------TRT  :40

Katja Drdla, Principal Investigator, SOLVE campaign, NASA Ames 
Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

ITEM 5e - INTERVIEW--------------------------------------TRT  1:01

Steve Hipskind, SOLVE Co-Project Manager, NASA Ames Research 
Center, Moffett Field, CA

More information (including a list of participating 
institutions) can be found at:
http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/solve/index.html
and
http://www.ozone-sec.ch.cam.ac.uk 

ITEM 6 - MARS MISSIONS CLIP REEL (file footage)--approx. TRT 35:00

Mars missions resource reel (file footage) features various 
missions, images from Hubble Space Telescope, 3-D mapping, etc.

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