NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: June 27, 2000

Media Advisory m00-127

SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES

NASA and Representative McKinney Dedicate Aeronautics Classroom

VIDEO

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VIDEO FILE FOR JUNE 27, 2000

ITEM 1 - X VEHICLE EXPOSITION - DFRC

ITEM 2 - TDRS PRELAUNCH PACKAGE - GSFC (REPLAY)

UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

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NEWS RELEASES

NASA and Representative McKinney Dedicate Aeronautics Classroom

Science and technology introduced themselves to the Dekalb School

System as NASA and Representative Cynthia McKinney dedicated a new
Aeronautics Education Laboratory (AEL) at the Fernbank Science
Center, Atlanta, GA. NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin and
Representative McKinney, along with Astronaut Joan Higgenbotham,
other NASA officials, and staff from the Dekalb School System
opened the lab doors at a dedication ceremony yesterday morning.

Full text:
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NASA Headquarters contact: Sonja Alexander (Phone: 202/358-1761)

Glenn Research Center contact: Lori Rachul (Phone: 216/433-2901)

Congresswoman McKinney's Office contact: Sean P. Nichols (Phone:

202/225-1605)
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VIDEO

UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

June 28, Wednesday

- 10:00 am - TDRS-H L-1 Prelaunch News Conference - KSC
- 11:00 am - ISO 9001 Certification Ceremony - HQ
- 2:00 - 3:30 pm - Service Module Technical Prelaunch News
Conference - JSC

June 29, Thursday

- 7:00 am - Live Coverage and Commentary Begins for the TDRS-H
Launch - KSC
- 8:38 am - TDRS-H Launch - KSC

June 30, Friday

- 6:00 - 10:00 am - Solar Cycle Live News Interviews - MSFC
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