WHAT:   Press conference outlining Administration’s NASA FY 06 budget              request

WHO: NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe, Comptroller Steve Isakowitz and agency Associate Administrators for the Exploration Systems, Space Operations, Science and Aeronautics Research Directorates

WHERE: NASA Headquarters, Webb Auditorium, 300 E Street S.W., Washington

WHEN: Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, from 1 to 2 p.m. EST

The press conference is live on NASA TV, available on the Web and via satellite in the continental U.S. on AMC-6, Transponder 9C, C-Band, at 72 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. NASA TV is available in Alaska and Hawaii on AMC-7, Transponder 18C, C-Band, at 137 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 4060.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. For information and schedules on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

To listen to audio of the press conference on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio