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TODAY'S SUMMARY:
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NASA Announces Research Grants in Microgravity Biotechnology
Cameras Aid San Francisco Airport Weather Reports
NASA Selects Litton/PRC For NASA Sounding Rocket Program
STS-88 Launch Scheduled for Dec. 3, 1998
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CAMERAS AID SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT WEATHER REPORTS
New digital video cameras installed by NASA at the San Carlos, CA, airport
control tower, are helping to better report current weather conditions for
aircraft
landing at San Francisco International Airport, some 10 miles away.
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STS-88 LAUNCH COUNT DOWN STARTED ON SCHEDULE
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-88/countdown.html
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If any news releases are issued later today, summaries and Internet URLs will be
e-mailed to this list.
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The NASA Video File normally airs at noon, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
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 on 6.8 megahertz.
Ray Castillo
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: 202/358-4555.
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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CONTRACT AWARDS
NASA has selcted Litton/PRC of McLean, VA, to perform services for a new
contract which consolidates several previous service and supply contracts and
other work supporting NASA's Sounding Rocket Program.
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brian.dunbar@hq.nasa.gov
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