Addition to NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: August 5, 1999
Media Advisory m99-160a

Summary:

NASA COVERAGE OF LAST SOLAR ECLIPSE OF THE MILLENNIUM

     NASA will provide spectacular pictures of the August 11 total 
solar eclipse - the last in this millennium - from both Earth and 
a million miles out in space.  Coverage includes a live eclipse 
feed from Amasya Turkey from 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. EDT on Aug. 
11; live shots with solar researcher on NASA TV on August 11 from 
6:15 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. EDT; and an audio eclipse experiment 
involving ham radio operators from around the world, and a global 
gravity experiment. 

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
202/358-1547.

For full text of note to editors, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/1999/n99-043.txt


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