Space Station video of tropical storm Ophelia airs on NASA tv

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington Sept. 12, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-4769)

Kylie Clem
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-154

SPACE STATION VIDEO OF TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA AIRS ON NASA TV

Video taken from the International Space Station of Tropical Storm
Ophelia is airing during the Video File segments of NASA Television. Images
of the storm taken by the Station's crew and NASA satellites also will be
available on the Internet at:

http://www.nasa.gov/hurricane

Tropical Storm Ophelia is churning in the Atlantic Ocean off the southeast
coast of the United States. Cameras mounted outside the 200-ton orbiting
laboratory captured video of Ophelia over the weekend from an altitude of
220 miles.

The Station will continue to pass over the eastern U.S. during the next
several days, so additional images and video may be available.

For continental North America, NASA TV is carried on an MPEG-2 digital
signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude,
transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. Beginning October 1, it
will be available in Alaska and Hawaii on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed
via satellite AMC-7, transponder 18C, 137 degrees west longitude, 4060 MHz,
vertical polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant Integrated
Receiver Decoder is required for reception. NASA TV's schedule and live
video streaming of NASA TV are also available on the Internet at:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

A two-man crew, astronaut John Phillips and Russian cosmonaut Sergei
Krikalev, are in the final month of a six-month flight on the Station. For
more information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station
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