NOTE TO EDITORS: N04-003

PRESIDENT BUSH ANNOUNCES SPACE EXPLORATION GOALS

President George W. Bush joins NASA Administrator Sean
O'Keefe Wednesday afternoon to announce the space exploration
objectives for the agency.

This special event is scheduled to begin at approximately 3
p.m. EST in the main auditorium at NASA Headquarters in
Washington.

Due to limited seating and security considerations, media
representatives, who are U.S. citizens and want to attend the
event, must report to the registration table in the main
lobby at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, from 1:15 p.m. to
NLT 1:45 p.m. EST. Please have your media credentials and a
second form of picture identification available for
verification. Only a limited number of media will be
permitted in the auditorium. Other media will be allowed to
watch the event from a conference room.

The event will be carried live on NASA Television, and on the
Internet at:

http://www.nasa.gov

NASA TV is available on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band,
located at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0
MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80
MHz.

For information about NASA TV on the Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html