Brian Welch
Headquarters, Washington, DC                     January 15, 1998
(Phone:  202/358-1600)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N98-5

NASA TO MAKE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW

     NASA will make a major announcement at a news conference 
tomorrow at noon EST in the NASA Headquarters auditorium, 300 E 
St., SW, Washington, DC.  Participants will include NASA 
Administrator Daniel S. Goldin.

     The news conference will be broadcast on NASA Television with 
two-way question and answer capability for reporters at 
participating NASA centers.

     NASA Television is carried on GE-2, Transponder 9C, 85 
degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of 
3880 Mhz, and audio of 6.8 Mhz.

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