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Space shuttle update
NASA's William Readdy, Space Operations associate administrator and Bill Parsons, space shuttle program manager, provide a status report on returning the shuttles to flight in this teleconference with reporters held on the one-year anniversary since the CAIB report was issued. (37min 35sec file)
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Station update
To mark one year since the publication of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board final report, William Gerstenmaier, International Space Station program manager, updates the news media on the status of the project. (42min 41sec file)
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Titan 4 rollout
The Titan 4 rocket emerges from the Solid Motor Assembly and Readiness Facility at Cape Canaveral at about 5:45 a.m. August 25 for rollout to the Complex 40 pad. (3min 58sec file)
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On the launch pad
Riding on its mobile launching platform, the Titan 4 rocket arrives at the pad just before sunrise. (5min 22sec file)
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Sunrise over Titan 4
As dawn breaks over Cape Canaveral, these daylight scenes show the Titan 4 on Complex 40 in preparation for the final Florida launch of this heavy-lift rocket. (2min 11sec file)
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Major extra-solar discovery announcement Tuesday
NASA NEWS RELEASE
Posted: August 29, 2004

A team of planet-hunters will announce their discovery of a new class of planets beyond our solar system at a NASA Science Update at 1 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, August 31. The news conference will be held in the NASA Headquarters auditorium in Washington. The discovery represents a significant and much- anticipated advance in the hunt for extra-solar planets.

Panelists include:

  • Dr. Geoffrey Marcy, University of California, Berkeley
  • Dr. R. Paul Butler, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington
  • Dr. Barbara McArthur, University of Texas, Austin
  • Dr. Alan Boss, staff research astronomer, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington
  • Dr. Anne Kinney, moderator, director, Universe Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA, Washington
The news conference will be carried live on NASA Television, with two-way question-and-answer capability from participating NASA centers. The event will also be webcast live at: http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/webcasts/ssu_0804.html.

NASA Television is available in the continental U.S. on AMC-6, Transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 72 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. In Alaska and Hawaii, NASA Television is available on AMC-7, Transponder 18C, C-Band, located at 137 degrees west longitude. Frequency is 4060.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz.