Brian Dunbar
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC               September 20, 1996
(Phone: 202/358-0873)

George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, FL
(Phone: 407/867-2468)

Diane Ainsworth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
(Phone: 818/354-5011)

INTERNET ADVISORY:  I96-8

VIEWS OF MARS SPACECRAFT PROCESSING AVAILABLE
     Internet users can view NASA's preparations of two spacecraft
that soon will be bound for Mars. Still images of processing of the
Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder are available from the
Kennedy Space Center, FL.  The pictures, which are "frame grabs"
from television cameras, are updated every 90 seconds.

     The  McDonnell Douglas Delta II rocket that will launch the Mars
Global Surveyor will be stacked on Pad A at Complex 17 starting
Sept. 20. Live video from the launch pad will be available and also
will be provided from Pad 17-B for the Mars Pathfinder vehicle when
stacking begins.

     The internet address for images of Mars Global Surveyor and the
Delta launch vehicle at Complex 17 is:

http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payloads/missions/mgs/video.html

     The internet address for Mars Pathfinder images is:

http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payloads/missions/pathfinder/video.html

     Mars Global Surveyor is scheduled to be launched November 6
and Mars Pathfinder on December 2.  Both spacecraft will be
launched from Cape Canaveral, FL.

     The missions are managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC.

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