Re: Shuttle Crew Checks Out Equipment for Return To Flight Mission

From: D Schneider (snidelyd_at_netscape.com)
Date: 03/22/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:51:00 -0800

Jacques van Oene <oene0072@planet.nl> wrote:

> Melissa Mathews/Erica Hupp
> Headquarters, Washington
> (Phone: 202/358-1272/4769)
>
> Tracy Young
> Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
> (Phone: 321/867-2468)
>
> RELEASE: 05-80
>
> SHUTTLE CREW CHECKS OUT EQUIPMENT FOR RETURN TO FLIGHT MISSION
>
> The astronauts of the Space Shuttle Discovery got a chance today to
> work with some of the equipment they will be taking to space. Flight
> commander Eileen Collins and her crew were at NASA's Kennedy Space
> Center, Fla., for the Payload Crew Equipment Interface Test.
[...]
> Video b-roll of the crew's activities is airing on NASA TV, which is
> available on the Web and via satellite in the continental U.S. [...]

Okay, time for OM to add another nugget to my education: what is "video
b-roll"?

/dps 

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