NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Scott Horowitz and Constellation Program Manager Jeff Hanley will brief the media about the exploration program and the work being assigned to NASA centers at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, June 5. The briefing will be in the NASA headquarters auditorium, 300 E St. S.W., Washington.

The news conference will be carried live on the Web and by NASA TV. Reporters may ask questions from participating NASA centers.

Preceding this, media are also invited to view on NASA TV a NASA employee update with Administrator Mike Griffin at 1 p.m. on Monday.

Following these events, KSC Director Jim Kennedy and KSC Constellation Project Office Director Tip Talone will be available to speak with local Florida news media regarding specific Constellation work assignments at KSC. Media must be at the KSC Press Site to participate.

NASA TV’s Public, Education and Media channels are available on an MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they’re on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. For digital downlink information and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/home

For audio only of the press conference, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio