September 3, 2004

Marta Metelko 
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1642)

Tomeika Blackwell
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
(Phone: 301/286-5687) 

NOTE TO EDITORS: N04-137

NASA HOSTS MEDIA ROUNDTABLE

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe will outline the role of African 
Americans in the agency's Vision for Space Exploration in Washington 
Thursday from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EDT. 

Astronaut Joan Higginbotham will join the Administrator. NASA selected 
Higginbotham as an astronaut candidate in April 1996. She is assigned 
to STS-117 as a Mission Specialist.

Media interested in attending should contact Marta Metelko, NASA 
Headquarters, Washington, at: 202/358-1642 or Tomeika Blackwell, 
Goddard Space Flight Center Public Affairs, at: 301/286-0040, no 
later than 4:00 pm EDT on Wednesday. News media may participate via 
"monitor only" phone lines by contacting Metelko. 

For more information about NASA and agency programs on the Internet, 
visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov 

	
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