NASA Announces Tuesday News Teleconferences With Directorate Leaders

WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced the administration’s fiscal year 2011 budget request Monday by calling for change and a new era of innovation in America’s approach to science and space exploration. On Tuesday, Feb. 2, the associate administrators of the mission directorates will hold teleconferences to discuss the budget’s impact on their specific areas.

The teleconference schedule is (all times Central):

10:30 a.m. — Science (phone 888-972-9928 or 415-228-4737, pass code: science) 11:15 a.m. — Space Operations (phone: 800-369-6087 or 773-756-0843, pass code: spaceflight) Noon — Exploration Systems (phone: 888-469-0980 or 630-395-0021, pass code: exploration) 12:45 p.m. — Aeronautics (phone: 888-809-8972 or 212-287-1847, pass code: aeronautics)

Each teleconference is scheduled to last 30 minutes. Reporters may join the teleconference of their choice by dialing the telephone number and using the pass code listed above. The number of available telephone lines is limited.

Live audio of the budget teleconferences will stream online at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

Replays of each mission directorate’s teleconference will be available until Feb. 16. The replay numbers are:

Science: 888-403-4667 or 203-369-3149, pass code 78543 Space Operations: 800-944-3336 or 203-369-3426, pass code 12536 Exploration Systems: 800-262-5125 or 402-220-9716, pass code 55693 Aeronautics: 800-925-5459 or 203-369-3851, pass code 452361

The NASA budget and supporting information is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/budget