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NASA NTRS1997

Galileo Science Update

Live footage shows Jane Platt, JPL Public Information Office, introducing the moderator of the panel discussion. The moderator introduces the panel members include Bill O'Neil, Project Manager Galileo Primary Mission, Dr. Torrence V. Johnson Galileo Project Scientist, Prof. Ronald Greeley from Arizona State University Galileo Imaging Team, Bob Mitchell Project Manager Galileo Europa Mission, and Dr. Karen Buxbaum Galileo Science Planning Manager. The panelists give the audience information about the Galileo Mission and answers questions from the audience and from Kennedy Space Center. An animation of the Galileo Spacecraft approaching and passing Europa is presented. The panelists mentions High Resolution Images, Detail Gravity studies, Spectral Maps of non-ice materials, Jupiter studies, Callisto studies, Europa studies, and Io studies.

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NASA NTRS2000

STS-99 Post-Launch Press Conference

Live footage shows the participants in the Post-Launch Press Conference disclosing the status of the STS-99 flight. The panelists consist of Bill Gerstenmaier, Acting Manager of Launch Integration and Dave King, Director of Shuttle Operations at KSC (Kennedy Space Center). Joel Wells, of NASA's Public Affairs Office, introduces each panelist as they discuss the mapping to the Earth, and improve safety of the shuttle. The panelists also answer questions from the audience about the countdown. Also shown are various shots of the Shuttle on the launch pad.

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NASA NTRS2000

International Space Station: Expedition 2000

Live footage of the International Space Station (ISS) presents an inside look at the groundwork and assembly of the ISS. Footage includes both animation and live shots of a Space Shuttle liftoff. Phil West, Engineer; Dr. Catherine Clark, Chief Scientist ISS; and Joe Edwards, Astronaut, narrate the video. The first topic of discussion is People and Communications. Good communication is a key component in our ISS endeavor. Dr. Catherine Clark uses two soup cans attached by a string to demonstrate communication. Bill Nye the Science Guy talks briefly about science aboard the ISS. Charlie Spencer, Manager of Space Station Simulators, talks about communication aboard the ISS. The second topic of discussion is Engineering. Bonnie Dunbar, Astronaut at Johnson Space Flight Center, gives a tour of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). She takes us inside Node 2 and the U.S. Lab Destiny. She also shows where protein crystal growth experiments are performed. Audio terminal units are used for communication in the JEM. A demonstration of solar arrays and how they are tested is shown. Alan Bell, Project Manager MRMDF (Mobile Remote Manipulator Development Facility), describes the robot arm that is used on the ISS and how it maneuvers the Space Station. The third topic of discussion is Science and Technology. Dr. Catherine Clark, using a balloon attached to a weight, drops the apparatus to the ground to demonstrate Microgravity. The bursting of the balloon is observed. Sherri Dunnette, Imaging Technologist, describes the various cameras that are used in space. The types of still cameras used are: 1) 35 mm, 2) medium format cameras, 3) large format cameras, 4) video cameras, and 5) the DV camera. Kumar Krishen, Chief Technologist ISS, explains inframetrics, infrared vision cameras and how they perform. The Short Arm Centrifuge is shown by Dr. Millard Reske, Senior Life Scientist, to subject astronauts to forces greater than 1-g. Reske is interested in the physiological effects of the eyes and the muscular system after their exposure to forces greater than 1-g.

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NASA NTRS2000

Invasion of the Giant X-Ray Bubbles

More bizarre news from the bizarre world of neutron stars: They got dozens of giant X-ray bubbles taller than the Empire State Building forming and popping every second. Yet finding evidence of this bubble blowing was no childish endeavor. It took a team of Berkeley scientists just about all they could muster: three days' worth of observational data and 1,200 hours of number-crunching on the slickest of supercomputers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Mind you, these are the same powerful computers used to model nuclear reactions and calculate Bill Gates' salary. Neutron stars are already known as the bad boys of the cosmic neighborhood. They are the core remains of exploded stars, with a mass greater than our sun condensed into a sphere no bigger than Manhattan, A teaspoon of its densely-packed surface matter, the analogy goes, would weigh three billion tons back on earth. Its 10 trillion gauss magnetic field could wipe your credit card clean at a distance half-way to the moon. Its intense gravity lures gas from nearby stars, spinning the neutron star to speeds of up to a thousand times a second. But giant X-ray bubbles dancing on the surface? That even freaked out the discoverers. "Early on, I tended to disbelieve what the calculations were telling me," said Richard Klein, who splits his time between Berkeley and LLNL. "The bubbles 'appeared' and I wasn't convinced they were real."

Wanjek, Christopher↗
NASA NTRS1994

DELTA/WIND Pre-Launch Press Conference

Live footage shows the participants in the Pre Launch Press Conference disclosing the status of the Delta/Wind flight. The panelists consists of Jim Womack NASA Launch Manager from KSC (Kennedy Space Center), Dan Miller NASA Delta Launch Vehicle Manager from GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center), Bill Huddleston NASA Wind Program Manager from NASA HQ (Headquarter), and Joel Tumbiolo Launch Weather Officer from USAF (United States Air Force). Panelists' discuss launch vehicle specification - the first Russian instrument in an American Spacecraft, the total cost of the mission, and the weather condition. The panelists also answer questions from the audience and NASA HQ about the Delta/Wind launch.

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NASA NTRS2000

ISS Expedition 1 Crew Interviews: William M. Shepherd

Live footage of a preflight interview with Commander Bill Shepherd is seen. The interview addresses many different questions including why Shepherd became interested in the space program, the events that led to his interest, the transition from the navy to his selection in the astronaut program. Other interesting information that this one-on-one interview discusses are the main goals of the first Expedition Crew, their scheduled docking with the International Space Station (ISS), making the ISS ready for human inhabitance, and all the specifics that will make his living arrangements difficult. Shepherd mentions his responsibilities during the much-anticipated two-day flight to the ISS, as well as the scheduled space-walk. Shepherd also discusses the crew's first tasks upon entrance including other scheduled tasks for the first week, docking from cargo ships, and spacecraft delivering equipment or performing Extra Vehicular Activities (EVA). He explains his interpretation of the meaning of mission success, and the implications of having human beings in space.

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NASA NTRS2000

STS-97 Crew Activity Report/Flight Day 10 Highlights

On this tenth day of the STS-97 mission, Commander Brent W. Jett, Pilot Michael J. Bloomfield, and Mission Specialists Joseph R. Tanner, Carlos I. Noriega, and Marc Garneau are seen saying good-bye to the International Space Station's (ISS's) resident crew (Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev) and sealing the hatches between the Endeavour Orbiter and the ISS. Footage shows the ISS against a rotating Earth as it passes over China.

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NASA NTRS2000

STS-97 Crew Activity Report/Flight Day 9 Highlights

On this ninth day of the STS-97 mission, Commander Brent W. Jett, Pilot Michael J. Bloomfield, and Mission Specialists Joseph R. Tanner, Carlos I. Noriega, and Marc Garneau are shown meeting the resident International Space Station (ISS) crew (Commander Bill Shepherd and Cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev) for the first time. The two crews answer questions about the ISS and future missions, and what it is like living on the ISS.

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NASA NTRS2000

STS-106 Post Launch Press Conference

Bruce Buckingham, NASA Public Affairs, introduces Bill Gerstenmaier, Shuttle Program Integration Manager, and Mike Leimbach, Kennedy Space Center Launch Director, who give an overview of the successful countdown and launch of STS-106 Atlantis. They then answer questions from the press.

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NASA NTRS2001

STS-98 Crew Activity Report/Flight Day 9 Highlights

On this ninth day of the STS-98 mission, Expedition 1 crewmember Bill Shepherd gives a tour of the Density Laboratory Module, describing the equipment and functions. Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam and Tom Jones answer questions about their spacewalks and the Destiny Module. The rest of the Atlantis crew (Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell, Pilot Mark L. Polansky, and Mission Specialist Marsha S. Ivins) and the Expedition 1 crew (William M. Shepherd, Yuri P. Gidzenko, and Sergei K. Krikalev) join Curbeam and Jones to answer questions about the mission.

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NASA NTRS2001

STS-102 Crew Activity Report/Flight Day 5 Highlights

External shots of Discovery and its payload show the robotic arm lifting and maneuvering the Leonardo Module into place on the Destiny Laboratory Module, which is part of the International Space Station (ISS). Footage shows Expedition 1 Commander Bill Shepherd opening the hatch between Destiny and Leonardo.

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NASA NTRS2001

STS-102 Crew Activity Report/Flight Day 11 Highlights

On this 11th day of the STS-102 mission, Discovery Mission Specialist Andrew Thomas and Expedition 1 Commander Bill Shepherd are seen closing the hatch of the Leonardo Module. External shots show the Leonardo Module undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) and being moved via robotic arm into the payload bay of Discovery.

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NASA NTRS2001

STS-102 Mission Highlight Resource Tape, Tape 2 of 4

A continuation of 'STS-102 Mission Highlight Resource Tape, Part 1 of 2, Tape 1 of 2' (internal ID 2001096942), this video shows highlights from flight day five of STS-102, including the deployment of the Space Shuttle's Robotic Arm and the opening of the hatch between the Unity Module and Leonard Multipurpose Logistics Module by Expedition 1 Commander Bill Shepherd. The activities of flight days 6-14 can be seen on 'STS-102 Mission Highlight Resource Tape, Part 2 of 2, Tape 1 of 2' (internal ID 2001096943) and 'STS-102 Mission Highlight Resource Tape, Part 2 of 2, Tape 2 of 2' (internal ID 2001096940).

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NASA NTRS2001

STS-92 Mission Highlights Resource Tape

A continuation of 'STS-92 Mission Highlights Resource Tape, Part 1 of 4' (internal ID 2001120375) and 'STS-92 Mission Highlights Resource Tape, Part 2 of 4' (internal ID 2001120373), this video shows footage from flight days 7-10 of the STS-92 mission. Scenes include the spacewalks performed by Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao and Bill McArthur to prepare the International Space Station (ISS) for the solar arrays that will be arriving with the next mission, the undocking of Discovery from the ISS, and the crewmembers (Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot Pamela Melroy, and Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata, Leroy Chiao, Peter Wisoff, Michael Lopez-Alegria, and William McArthur) are heard as they answer questions about the mission in an on-orbit interview. Several crewmembers are also seen as they shave and then have a meal. For footage from flight days 11-14 of the mission, see 'STS-92 Mission Highlights Resource Tape, Part 4 of 4' (internal ID 2001120371).

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NASA NTRS2001

STS-105 Pre-Launch Press Conference

George Diller, NASA Public Affairs, introduces Bill Gerstenmaier, Deputy Manager of the ISS Program, Dave King, NASA Director of Shuttle Processing, and Judy Konecky, Staff Meteorologist, in this STS-105 press conference. An overview is given of the success of the Expedition 2 crew, the expectations of the Expedition 3 crew, the launch countdown status, and the weather forecast for the Shuttle launch. They then answer questions from the press.

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NASA NTRS2001

Sensing, Spectra and Scaling: What's in Store for Land Observations

Bill Pecora's 1960's vision of the future, using spacecraft-based sensors for mapping the environment and exploring for resources, is being implemented today. New technology has produced better sensors in space such as the Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and SPOT, and creative researchers are continuing to find new applications. However, with existing sensors, and those intended for launch in this century, the potential for extracting information from the land surface is far from being exploited. The most recent technology development is imaging spectrometry, the acquisition of images in hundreds of contiguous spectral bands, such that for any pixel a complete reflectance spectrum can be acquired. Experience with Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) has shown that, with proper attention paid to absolute calibration, it is possible to acquire apparent surface reflectance to 5% accuracy without any ground-based measurement. The data reduction incorporates in educated guess of the aerosol scattering, development of a precipitable water vapor map from the data and mapping of cirrus clouds in the 1.38 micrometer band. This is not possible with TM. The pixel size in images of the earth plays and important role in the type and quality of information that can be derived. Less understood is the coupling between spatial and spectral resolution in a sensor. Recent work has shown that in processing the data to derive the relative abundance of materials in a pixel, also known is unmixing, the pixel size is an important parameter. A variance in the relative abundance of materials among the pixels is necessary to be able to derive the endmembers or pure material constituent spectra. In most cases, the 1 km pixel size for the Earth Observing System Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument is too large to meet the variance criterion. A pointable high spatial and spectral resolution imaging spectrometer in orbit will be necessary to make the major next step in our understanding of the solid earth surface and its changing face.

Goetz, Alexander F. H.↗
NASA NTRS2001

Apollo 13 Facts: Press Conference

Flight Director Gene Krantz gives an overview of the Apollo 13 mission as corrections are made in the power down checklist, passive thermal control, and orbital burns after the spacecraft runs into problems. He then answers questions from the press with the help of Tony England, Bill Peters, and Dick Thorson. Footage then shows newspaper headlines 'We're Not Concerned' and 'Getting Ready to Land' as people watch televisions to see if the astronauts landed safely. The press conference section of this video has sound, the headlines section does not.

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NASA NTRS1996

Computational Nanotechnology at NASA Ames Research Center, 1996

Some forms of nanotechnology appear to have enormous potential to improve aerospace and computer systems; computational nanotechnology, the design and simulation of programmable molecular machines, is crucial to progress. NASA Ames Research Center has begun a computational nanotechnology program including in-house work, external research grants, and grants of supercomputer time. Four goals have been established: (1) Simulate a hypothetical programmable molecular machine replicating itself and building other products. (2) Develop molecular manufacturing CAD (computer aided design) software and use it to design molecular manufacturing systems and products of aerospace interest, including computer components. (3) Characterize nanotechnologically accessible materials of aerospace interest. Such materials may have excellent strength and thermal properties. (4) Collaborate with experimentalists. Current in-house activities include: (1) Development of NanoDesign, software to design and simulate a nanotechnology based on functionalized fullerenes. Early work focuses on gears. (2) A design for high density atomically precise memory. (3) Design of nanotechnology systems based on biology. (4) Characterization of diamonoid mechanosynthetic pathways. (5) Studies of the laplacian of the electronic charge density to understand molecular structure and reactivity. (6) Studies of entropic effects during self-assembly. Characterization of properties of matter for clusters up to sizes exhibiting bulk properties. In addition, the NAS (NASA Advanced Supercomputing) supercomputer division sponsored a workshop on computational molecular nanotechnology on March 4-5, 1996 held at NASA Ames Research Center. Finally, collaborations with Bill Goddard at CalTech, Ralph Merkle at Xerox Parc, Don Brenner at NCSU (North Carolina State University), Tom McKendree at Hughes, and Todd Wipke at UCSC are underway.

Globus, Al↗