NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: March 9, 1999

Media Advisory m99-047

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Summary

-- News release on solar structures that help forecast

largest solar blasts
-- Video file for March 9
-- Live interview opportunities for solar eruption story,
March 9
-- Live interview opportunities for possible new flu drug
resulting from space research, March 12

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News Releases for March 9, 1999

SOLAR STRUCTURES CAN HELP FORECAST LARGEST SOLAR BLASTS

"S" marks the spot for scientists trying to forecast

solar eruptions that can damage satellites, disrupt
communications networks and cause power outages. Using the
Japanese Yohkoh spacecraft, NASA-sponsored scientists have
discovered that an S-shaped structure often appears on the
Sun in advance of a violent eruption that is as powerful as
billions of nuclear explosions. Contacts: Donald Savage, NASA
Headquarters (202/358-1547); Bill Steigerwald, Goddard Space
Flight Center, (301/286-5017); Annette Trinity Stevens,
Montana State University, Bozeman (406/994-5607).

Full text of the release:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-035.txt

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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Information Service Web site:

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Video File for March 9, 1999

ITEM 1. NEW TOOL FOR FORECASTING ENORMOUS SOLAR ERUPTIONS

For more information contact Don Savage, NASA
Headquarters (202/358-1547); Bill Steigerwald, Goddard Space
Flight Center (301/286-5017).

The NASA Video File airs at noon, 3, 6, 9 p.m. and midnight

Eastern time. NASA Television is available on GE-2,
transponder 9C at 85 degrees West longitude, with vertical
polarization. Frequency is on 3880.0 megahertz, with audio at
6.8 megahertz. The full text of the most recent NASA Video
File Advisory can be found at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt

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Upcoming Live Television Interview Opportunities: Solar

eruption story

March 9, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST

Research into predicting the largest and most disruptive

solar eruptions. Talent: Mr. Richard Canfield, Montana State
University, and Ms. Sarah Gibson, University of Cambridge,
England. To book a window call Deanna Corridon (301-286-0041,
888-474-0915 pager) or Wade Sisler (301-286-6256, 888-474-
0914 pager).

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Upcoming Live Television Interview Opportunities: Space

Research May Lead to New Flu Drug

March 12, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. EST.

A new flu drug, developed by a partnership between NASA and
the University of Alabama at Birmingham, may stop the
flu. Two Johnson & Johnson companies are preparing to begin
human clinical trials. Talent: Dr. Karen Moore, biotechnology
scientist from the Center for Molecular Crystallography, a
NASA Commercial Space Center in Birmingham, Alabama. To book
a time call Terasha King at (256) 544-3234 or Connie James at
256-544-1183 (PIN 0224).

Full text of the advisory can be found at:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt

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