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NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Oct. 20, 1999


Media Advisory m99-218

Summary:

No News Releases Today

NASA Video File for Oct. 20, 1999

ITEM 1 - ENGINEERS CRASH PLANE TO ENHANCE SAFETY - LARC

ITEM 2 - KSC WORKERS PROVIDE UPGRADED COMPUTER EQUIPMENT


TO SCHOOLS - KSC

ITEM 3 - NASA TECHNOLOGY AIDS ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG - SSC (replay)

ITEM 4 - ROTTEN EGG NEBULA (HST)- STI (replay)

ITEM 5 - INSPECTION '99 PSAs - JSC (replay)

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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 Oct. 20, 1999

ITEM 1 - ENGINEERS CRASH PLANE TO ENHANCE SAFETY

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael Braukus


202/358-1979.
Contact at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA: Kathy
Barnstorff 757/864-9886
Item 1a - File Footage Crash Test TRT 1:00

NASA has crash-tested aircraft for 25 years to help improve their


safety. NASA research has led to safer seats, better restraint
systems, and improved structural designs for general aviation
aircraft. Footage shows December 1984 crash test, Controlled
Impact Demonstration, from NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, and
the 1977 crash test at NASA Langley.

Item 1b - Recent Crash Test Footage TRT 1:08

NASA Langley¹s Impact Dynamics Research Facility is the only full-


scale, pendulum swing crash test facility in the world. In a
recent crash test, a Lear Fan composite aircraft was dropped more
than 150 feet after being equipped with six crash test dummies and
two dozen accelerometers that recorded conditions on impact.
Researchers use the test data not only to determine how well the
special energy absorbing features performed, but also to help
develop better structural designs for new aircraft making them
safer for occupants in the event of a crash.

Item 1c - Interview Excerpts TRT 1:06

Lisa Jones, Aerospace Engineer, Impact Dynamics Research Facility,


NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA

ITEM 2 - KSC WORKERS PROVIDE UPGRADED COMPUTER EQUIPMENT


TO
SCHOOLS

Contact at NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL: Bill Johnson 407/867-


2468

Item 2a - Unloading Computers at School, Excited Kids TRT 1:25

More than 140 excess computers have been provided to area schools,
day care centers, and other nonprofit organizations. NASA¹s K-12
educational services office at Kennedy Space Center recently
delivered the computers to scores of excited students.
Item 2b - Interview Excerpts TRT 1:20

Tamara Rutenber, Teacher/Technology Specialist, Coquina Elementary


School

Item 2c - Interview Excerpts TRT 1:38

Freemont Bassett, Senior Planner/Project Engineer, United Space


Alliance

Item 2d - Interview Excerpts TRT 1:17

Denise Coleman, Education Outreach Specialist, NASA

ITEM 3 - NASA TECHNOLOGY AIDS ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG - SSC (replay)

Contact at Stennis Space Center, MS: Paul Foerman 228/688-3341.

Item 3a - Stennis Space Center Aids Archaeological TRT - 3:19


Dig

Dr. Marco Giardino with the Earth System Science Office (ESSO) at
Stennis Space Center uses Ground Penetrating Radar to aid the
Hancock County (Mississippi) Archaeological Society unearth
artifacts at the Andrew Jackson Jr. home.

Item 3b - Interview TRT 1:51

Dr. Marco Giardino, Research Scientist, NASA Stennis Space Center,


MS

Item 3c - Interview Excerpts TRT - :33

Russell Guerin, Hancock County Archaeological Society


ITEM 4 - ROTTEN EGG NEBULA (replay) TRT 1:06

The object shown in these NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images


is a remarkable example of a star going through death throes just
as it dramatically transforms from a normal red giant star into a
planetary nebula. The molecules in the gas around the star, many
containing sulfur compounds, are believed to be produced in the
shock waves passing through the gas. Thus it has earned the
nickname ³Rotten Egg² nebula.

Contact at Space Telescope Institute, Baltimore, MD: Ray Villard


410/338-4514.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Don Savage 202/358-
1727.

ITEM 5 - INSPECTION '99 PSAs (replay) TRT: one @ :10 & one @ :30

The following videos are public service announcements for NASA's


Technology Showcase Inspection '99 at Johnson Space Center on
November 3 - 5, 1999.

Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Ed Campion


281/483-5111.

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