Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington                     April 2, 2002
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

Jill Leonhardt
Maxwell School of Syracuse University, N.Y.
(Phone: 315/443-5492)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N02-22

NASA ADMINISTRATOR OUTLINES AGENCY'S MISSION
AT MAXWELL SCHOOL OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

     NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe outlines the future 
direction of the agency in a major address Friday, April 12, 
at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs on 
the campus of Syracuse University in New York. 

The address is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. EDT at the 
Maxwell School's main auditorium and will be carried live by 
satellite and webcast on the Internet by both Maxwell and 
NASA. 

Following the Administrator's remarks, a press briefing will 
be held from 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT in the Public Events 
Room located at 200 Eggers Hall. Media representatives 
wishing to cover the address and press conference are asked 
to contact either Jill Leonhardt or Bob Jacobs. 

Parking is limited. Reporters who cannot attend the press 
event will be able to participate by telephone.

Administrator O'Keefe's remarks will be available live by 
satellite on Telstar 5, Ku Band, transponder 19. The 
satellite can be found at 97 degrees West Longitude with 
vertical polarization. The downlink frequency is 12053 MHz, 
with audio at 6.2 MHz and 6.8 MHz.

A webcast of the address will be available on the World Wide 
Web at:

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/news
http://www.nasa.gov

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