[meteorite-list] NASA Issues Tips for Recording Space Shuttle Discovery's Return

[Ron Baalke]

Kyle Herring/Allard Beutel
Johnson Space Center, Houston			August 6, 2005
(Phone 202/358-3749)

MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-129

NASA ISSUES TIPS FOR RECORDING DISCOVERY'S RETURN

A horizon-to-horizon plasma streak across the pre-dawn sky signals 
Space Shuttle Discovery's return to Earth on Monday. Amateur 
videographers and photographers can capture the event with tips 
provided by NASA imagery experts.

Following a successful 13-day mission to the International Space 
Station, Discovery is scheduled to land at 4:46 a.m. EDT, Monday 
back at its launch site, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

Discovery's track takes it across the southern Pacific Ocean, 
Central America, Cuba and Florida's southwest coast en route to KSC.

As it begins interacting with the Earth's atmosphere, Discovery's 
speed creates a plasma shield of super-heated air, which stretches 
almost from horizon to horizon.

While NASA is not soliciting video from the public, the tips 
provide guidance for amateur astronomers to track Discovery's 
return home. The tips are available on the Web at:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/crew/photo_tips.html

For the latest information about Discovery's mission on the Web, 
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight


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