For Release: Jan. 10, 2003
KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham
(321) 867-2468
KSC Release No. 5 - 03
NOTICE TO EDITORS/ NEWS DIRECTORS:
BADGING REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDIA AND KSC NEWS CENTER OPERATING HOURS SET FOR
STS-107 LAUNCH ACTIVITIES
News media badging requirements and operating hours for Kennedy Space
Center's News Center have been established for the launch of the Space
Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107. Launch is set to occur on Jan. 16
between the hours of 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Eastern time.
U.S. media must request current credentials in writing via fax to the
KSC News Room (321-867-2692) on the letterhead of their current affiliation.
The request must include name (as it appears on drivers license), social
security number, place and date of birth, valid address (not P.O. box),
phone number, and country of citizenship.
News media representatives with proper authorization can obtain
mission credentials at the Pass and Identification Building (PIDs) on State
Road 405 (NOT State Road 3 as previously conducted). The PIDs facility is
south of Titusville and east of U.S. 1 on S.R. 405. (No badging will be
conducted from the facility on State Road 3.)
Media with temporary badges are not permitted to drive into the
secured KSC areas. Media buses will run between the Press Site and the S.R.
405 PIDs parking lot periodically each day through launch time.
Credential and badging hours are listed below.
KSC News Center Office Hours for STS-107
(Times may be adjusted in real time depending on mission events and
timelines.)
Monday, Jan. 13.......................... 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 14......................... 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 15.................... 7 a.m. ----------
Thursday, Jan. 16 (Launch Day)..... 4:30 p.m.
* [FOR MISSION DAY SCHEDULES SEE NOTE BELOW]
Saturday, Feb. 1 (Landing day).... 5 a.m. -- 6:30 p.m.
* NOTE: The KSC News Center will support media attendance and questions
for overnight and weekend STS-107 Mission Status Briefings and the in-flight
crew news conference. Media interested in attending the briefings that occur
after normal office hours MUST make their intentions known to the KSC News
Room at least 24 hours in advance in order to secure proper access to the
press site. Times of these briefings are available in the NASA TV schedule
at: <http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html>
Pass and Identification Badging Hours
News media may obtain STS-107 mission credentials at the Pass and
Identification Building on S.R. 405 south of Titusville, during the
following times.
Monday, Jan. 13 -------------------------------- 6 a.m. - 4 p.m.
(The first bus will depart PIDs on S.R. 405 for the Press Site at 8 a.m.)
Tuesday, Jan. 14 ------------------------------- 6 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 15 --------------------------- 6 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 16 ------------------------------ 2 a.m. - Launch minus
1 hour
NEWS MEDIA ARE REQUIRED TO BE UNDER PUBLIC AFFAIRS ESCORT AT ALL
TIMES WHILE AT KSC. MEDIA WITH "To Be Escorted Only" BADGES ARE NOT
PERMITTED AT THE COMPLEX 39 CAFETERIA.
NEWS MEDIA ARE ALLOWED AT THE PRESS SITE ONLY WHEN THE KSC NEWS
CENTER IS OPEN.
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