NASA Television Debuts Full-Time High Definition Channel

WASHINGTON -- On Monday, July 19, NASA Television will launch a
full-time High Definition (HD) channel that media, cable and
satellite service providers can access for news content and coverage
of agency missions and programs.

The channel will deliver HD video that only NASA can provide, such as
live launch coverage of space shuttles and other spacecraft. The "ISS
Update," a daily program covering the activities of the on-orbit
International Space Station crews, will air on the new HD channel.
Video of the Earth shot by crews on the station and from NASA
satellites also will be available.

NASA's video file news feed, media conferences, lectures, satellite
interviews and special events also will be delivered in HD. The NASA
TV HD channel will be offered in MPEG-2 format.

For complete NASA TV downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Source: NASA