NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin will be available to the news media for a brief question-and-answer session at about 1:15 p.m. CST Wednesday in the NASA booth at the National Plant Engineering and Management Show. The show currently is under way at McCormick Place in Chicago.

As the space agency's top official, Goldin will deliver a keynote address titled "NASA: Looking Toward the Future" beginning at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Grand Ballroom. His address will set the theme for the four-day conference's "Space Exploration Day."

The NASA booth is No. 105646, located in the rear portion of McCormick Place North, on the right side under the large NASA banner. Media representatives should be at the NASA booth at 1:15 p.m. Mr. Goldin will arrive at as close to that time as possible.

For more information on the press availability, contact Kelly McFalls, Marshall Space Flight Center public affairs, through the show's press room, 312-949-8661, or pager 1-800-732-9429.