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Media Advisory: 00-039
For Release: Feb. 18, 2000
Attention: Early Morning Producer
Thursday Feb. 24
5-9 a.m. CST
10 Minute Windows--With B-Roll
NASA Scientist, Former Astronauts’ Search for Life in Antarctica May Lead to Discovery of Life in Solar System
- Searching for life in the extremes of Earth may lead us to discovery of life elsewhere in our Solar System.
- In January, an expedition team journeyed to Antarctica to search for tiny life forms.
- They discovered living microorganisms in the ice and 20 meteorites for scientific research.
- The expedition included former astronauts Jim Lovell and Owen Garriott.
- NASA scientist has exciting, first-hand account of exploring and living in Antarctica, where the team endured three weeks of temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees F, with winds of up to 60 mph resulting in a wind chill factor of minus 85 degrees F.
- Great B-roll of Antarctica.
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Who:
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Richard Hoover
Space Sciences Department
Marshall Space Flight Center
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Satellite Windows:
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10 minutes
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Satellite Coordinates:
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GE-2, Transponder 9C,
85 degrees west longitude,
Frequency: 3880 MHz, audio: 6.8 MHz.
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Satellite Interview Information:
Lindsey Rawl, Producer
(256) 544-2228
Beeper (256) 544-1183 PIN 0025
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Story Information:
Steve Roy, Media Relations
(256) 544-0034
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Visit the Marshall News Center for news media at:
/centers/msfc/NEWSROOM/
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