Nov. 22, 2011 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M47-11 NASA SETS NEW BADGING OFFICE HOURS FOR MARS SCIENCE LAB LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., is adjusting the office hours and location where media need to pick-up their accreditation on Friday, Nov. 25, and Saturday, Nov. 26, to cover the agency's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) launch. Journalists may obtain their MSL credentials on Friday and Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center Press Accreditation office on State Road 3. Hours of operation are: Friday, Nov. 25: 6 a.m. - 12 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26: 6 a.m. - 9 a.m. For further questions about accreditation, contact Laurel Lichtenberger at 321-867-4036. Kennedy's Press Site hours of operation for Nov. 24 - Nov. 26 are: Thursday, Nov. 24: Closed for Thanksgiving Friday, Nov. 25: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26: 6:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. MSL is scheduled to liftoff at 10:02 a.m. on Nov. 26 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. For information of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/msl For more information about Kennedy's accreditation process, including directions to Kennedy's Press Accreditation office, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/index.html -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov
