NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Sept. 23, 1999

Media Advisory m99-197

Summary:

NASA AND NACME INCREASE PARTNERSHIP

Video File for Sept. 23, 1999

ITEM 1 - MARS CLIMATE ORBITER ANIMATION FROM MARS 98, LAUNCH

FOOTAGE OF MARS CLIMATE ORBITER, AND ANIMATION OF MARS
POLAR LANDER - (replay)
ITEM 2 - AIRSCOOTER - NASA ROTORCRAFT VISIONARIES LOOK TO THE
FUTURE (replay)
ITEM 3 - NASA BIOFEEDBACK TECHNOLOGY MAY HELP VICTIMS OF DIABETES
(replay)
ITEM 4 - SATELLITE IMAGES OF DEVASTATING NORTH CAROLINA FLOODS
(this image will play if we are able to acquire it in
time for the videofile)

LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK:

September 23, Thursday

4:30 - 5:30 am - Live Coverage of the Mars Climate Orbiter
Insertion - JPL
6:30 - 8:30 am - Mars Climate Orbiter Live Shot - JPL
11:00 am - noon Mars Climate Orbiter Insertion Briefing - JPL

September 24, Friday

6:00 - 10:00 am - Diabetes Technology Live News Interviews -
LARC
1:00 - 2:00 pm - Diabetes Technology Live News Interviews - LARC

*****DETAILS: NASA Aviation Research May Help Diabetics

Imagine being able to travel into your own body and see your
blood vessels pumping while learning how to control your
blood flow. Diabetes patients are learning how to do that
with help from technology derived from NASA aviation safety
research. Preliminary observations show that NASA�s
artificial vision technology can be an effective way to
visualize and control blood flow to the hands and feet of
patients at risk from neuropathy or nerve damage associated
with diabetes.
To book an interview please call: Ivelisse Gilman at
(757) 864-5036

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NASA AND NACME INCREASE PARTNERSHIP

NASA and the National Action Council for Minorities in

Engineering, Inc. (NACME), will continue their collaborated
efforts as NASA announced its increased investment in NACME by
$342,550, or 30 percent, in the second year of the NACME grant.
This amount brings NASA's total year two investment in the next
generation of scientists and engineers to almost $1.5 million.
NACME is the largest private source of scholarships for
underrepresented students in engineering and is recognized for
program development, student training, faculty development, and
fiscal and management policies.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Sonja Alexander

202/358-1761.

Contact at NACME, New York, NY: Barbara Hirst 212/279-2626.

For full text, see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/media/1999/m99-196.txt

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If NASA issues additional 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 - Sept. 23, 1999

ITEM 1 - MARS CLIMATE ORBITER ANIMATION FROM MARS 98, LAUNCH

FOOTAGE OF MARS CLIMATE ORBITER, AND ANIMATION OF MARS
POLAR LANDER - (replay)

Mars Climate Orbiter video file:

- animation
- launch footage
- hardware footage
- interviews (new)

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell

202/358-1753.
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA: Mary
Hardin 818/354-5011.

ITEM 1a - MARS CLIMATE ORBITER ANIMATION . TRT - 6:11

Animation shows the launch of the Mars Climate

Orbiter, rocket separation, the establishment of orbit and mapping
of Mars.

ITEM 1b - MARS CLIMATE ORBITER B-ROLL TRT - 2:23

Cleanroom activities, hardware at KSC in 1998.

ITEM 1c - MARS CLIMATE ORBITER LAUNCH AT CAPE CANAVERAL TRT - 3:03

Launch of the Delta rocket on December 11,1998 that carried the

Mars Climate Orbiter into space.

ITEM 1d - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS TRT - 1:47

Dr. Richard Zurek, Project Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion

Laboratory

ITEM 1e - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS TRT - :56

Dr. Sam Thurman, Flight Operations Manager, NASA Jet Propulsion

Laboratory

ITEM 1f - MARS POLAR LANDER ANIMATION TRT 2:46

Animation of the Mars Polar Lander entry, descent, landing and

surface operation.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Doug Isbell

202/358-1753.
Contact at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA: Diane
Ainsworth 818/354-0850.

ITEM 2 - AIRSCOOTER - NASA ROTORCRAFT VISIONARIES LOOK

TO THE FUTURE (replay)

Scientists and engineers at NASA�s Ames Research Center have

joined with Millennium Jet, Inc. to cooperate in development of a
vertical flight technology called the SoloTrek Exo-skeletor flying
vehicle, a one-person air scooter designed to fly over traffic.

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

Mewhinney 650/604-3937.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael Braukus
202/358-1979.

ITEM 2a - SOLOTREK EXO-SKELETAL FLYING VEHICLE TRT - 1:54

B-roll: Millenium Jet Inc. CEO Michael Moshier demonstrates the

handling features of the SoloTrek vehicle; different shots of the
vehicle and engine; Moshier looks over the vehicle�s blueprints.

ITEM 2b - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS (7 bites) TRT - 4:05

Michael Moshier, CEO of Millennium Jet, Inc., Santa Clara, CA.

ITEM 2c - INTERVIEW EXCERPTS (3 bites) TRT - 1:31

William Warmbrodt, Branch Chief, Aeromechanics Branch Army/NASA

Rotorcraft Divison, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.
ITEM 3 - NASA BIOFEEDBACK TECHNOLOGY MAY HELP VICTIMS
OF DIABETES (replay)

Synopsis: Technology derived from NASA's Aviation Research may

soon help people with diabetes. If studies at the Strelitz
Diabetes Institutes' Research Institute at Eastern Virginia
Medical School, Norfolk, VA, prove successful, the Virtual Reality
Biofeedback device may be used in doctors' offices or in patients'
homes to help diabetics manage their blood flow. Patients wear a
3-D virtual reality headset to visualize their own blood vessels
and veins, then use biofeedback methods to increase blood flow
through them.

Contact at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA: H.

Ivelisse Gilman 757/864-5036.
Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Michael Braukus
202/358-1979.

ITEM 3a - VIRTUAL REALITY BIOFEEDBACK DEVICE TRT - 1:41

Footage shows Dr. Aaron Vinik, Director of Research at the

Strelitz Diabetes Research Institute of Eastern Virginia Medical
School, and patient using NASA's Virtual Reality biofeedback
device.

ITEM 3b - VISUAL IMAGING SIMULATOR TRT - :42

The device is a spin-off from technology used in NASA's Aviation

Safety Research. NASA artificial vision technology was initially
used to train pilots to fly in low- or no-visibility situations.

Footage shows Dr. Alan Pope, inventor of the Virtual Reality

Biofeedback Device, and NASA pilot Lynda Kramer in Visual Imaging
Simulator.

ITEM 3c - VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET AND ANIMATION TRT - :37

The computer graphics animation was developed using virtual

reality originally intended for aerospace applications. Data
visualization is used to study the complex airflow patterns around
wing shapes and new aircraft designs.

Footage shows Kurt Severance, co-inventor of the Virtual Reality

Biofeedback Device, using virtual reality headset to view airflow
animation.

ITEM 3d - INTERVIEW (3 bites) TRT - 1:02

Dr. Alan Pope, Research Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center,

Hampton, VA.
ITEM 3e - INTERVIEW (2 bites) TRT - :45

Dr. Aaron Vinik, Director of Research, The Strelitz Diabetes

Research Institute, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA.

ITEM 3f - INTERVIEW (1 bite) TRT - :20

Kurt Severance, Computer Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center,

Hampton, VA.

ITEM 4 - SATELLITE IMAGES OF DEVASTATING NORTH CAROLINA FLOODS

Heavy rains fueled by Hurricane Floyd swept through North Carolina

last week causing devastating floods. These floods have caused
the worst environmental, agricultural and human disaster the state
has ever seen. This image was captured by the Sea-viewing Wide
Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) on Sept. 23, 1999, at approx. 1:30
p.m. The images were enhanced and rendered at the Scientific and
Visualization Studio (SVS) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD.

Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:

Deanna Corridon 301/286-0041.

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