NASA Sets Media Credentials Deadlines for Next Space Shuttle Flight

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Sept. 14, 2009

Katherine Trinidad 
Headquarters, Washington      
202-358-1100 
katherine.trinidad@xxxxxxxx 
MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-175

NASA SETS MEDIA CREDENTIALS DEADLINES FOR NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT

WASHINGTON -- NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the next 
space shuttle flight to the International Space Station. Shuttle 
Atlantis and its six NASA astronauts are targeted to launch Nov. 12 
to begin the STS-129 mission. Shuttle and station teams are assessing 
whether the target date can be moved up to Nov. 9. 

The 11-day flight will focus on staging spare components outside the 
station and will include three spacewalks. Atlantis will return 
station crew member Nicole Stott to Earth after nearly three months 
aboard the orbiting laboratory. 

Journalists must apply for credentials to attend the liftoff from 
NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida or cover the mission from 
other NASA centers. To be accredited, reporters must work for 
verifiable news-gathering organizations. Journalists may need to 
submit requests for credentials at multiple NASA facilities as early 
as Oct. 14 

Additional time may be required to process accreditation requests by 
journalists from certain designated countries. Designated countries 
include those with which the United States has no diplomatic 
relations, countries on the State Department's list of state sponsors 
of terrorism, those under U.S. sanction or embargo, and countries 
associated with proliferation concerns. Please contact the 
accrediting NASA center for details. Journalists should confirm they 
have been accredited before they travel. 

No substitutions of credentials are allowed at any NASA facility. If 
the STS-129 launch is delayed, the deadline for domestic journalists 
may be extended on a day-by-day basis. 



KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 

Reporters applying for credentials at Kennedy should submit requests 
via the Web at: 



https://media.ksc.nasa.gov 


Reporters must use work e-mail addresses, not personal accounts, when 
applying. After accreditation is approved, applicants will receive 
confirmation via e-mail. 

Accredited media representatives with mission badges will have access 
to Kennedy from launch through the end of the mission. Application 
deadlines for mission badges are Oct. 15 for international reporters 
and Oct. 29 for U.S. journalists. 

Reporters with special logistic requests for Kennedy, such as space 
for satellite trucks, trailers, electrical connections or work space, 
must contact Laurel Lichtenberger at laurel.a.lichtenberger@xxxxxxxx 
by Oct. 29. There is no longer free wireless Internet access provided 
at Kennedy's news center. 

Work space in the news center and the news center annex is provided on 
a first-come basis, limited to one space per organization. To set up 
temporary telephone, fax, ISDN or network lines, media 
representatives must make arrangements with BellSouth at 
800-213-4988. Reporters must have an assigned seat in the Kennedy 
newsroom prior to setting up lines. To obtain an assigned seat, 
contact Patricia Christian at patricia.christian-1@xxxxxxxxx 
Journalists must have a public affairs escort to all other areas of 
Kennedy except the Launch Complex 39 cafeteria. 

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER 

Reporters may obtain credentials for NASA's Johnson Space Center in 
Houston by calling the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 or by 
presenting STS-129 mission credentials from Kennedy. Media 
representatives planning to cover the mission only from Johnson need 
to apply for credentials only at Johnson. Deadlines for submitting 
Johnson accreditation requests are Oct. 19 for non-U.S. reporters, 
regardless of citizenship, and Nov. 2 for U.S. reporters who are U.S. 
citizens. 

Journalists covering the mission from Johnson using Kennedy 
credentials also must contact the Johnson newsroom by Nov. 2 to 
arrange workspace, phone lines and other logistics. Johnson is 
responsible for credentialing media if the shuttle lands at NASA's 
White Sands Space Harbor, N.M. If a landing is imminent at White 
Sands, Johnson will arrange credentials. 

DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER 

Notice for a space shuttle landing at NASA's Dryden Flight Research 
Center on Edwards Air Force Base in California could be short. 
Domestic media outlets should consider accrediting Los Angeles-based 
personnel who could travel quickly to Dryden. Deadlines for 
submitting Dryden accreditation requests are Oct. 14 for non-U.S. 
media, regardless of citizenship, and Nov. 16 for U.S. media who are 
U.S. citizens or who have permanent residency status. 

For Dryden media credentials, U.S. citizens representing domestic 
media outlets must provide their full name, date of birth, place of 
birth, media organization, driver's license number with the name of 
the issuing state, and the last six digits of their social security 
number. 

In addition to the above requirements, foreign media representatives, 
regardless of citizenship, must provide data including their 
citizenship, visa or passport number and its expiration date. Foreign 
nationals representing either domestic or foreign media who have 
permanent residency status must provide their alien registration 
number and expiration date. 

Journalists should fax requests for credentials on company letterhead 
to 661-276-3566. E-mailed requests to Alan Brown at 
alan.brown@xxxxxxxx are acceptable for reporters who have been 
accredited at Dryden within the past year. Requests must include a 
phone number and business e-mail address for follow-up contact. 
Journalists who previously requested credentials will not have to do 
so again. 

NASA PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACTS: 
Kennedy Space Center: Allard Beutel, 321-867-2468, 
allard.beutel@xxxxxxxx 
Johnson Space Center: James Hartsfield, 281-483-5111, 
james.a.hartsfield@xxxxxxxx 
Dryden Flight Research Center: Leslie Williams, 661-276-3893, 
leslie.a.williams@xxxxxxxx 

For information about the STS-129 mission, visit: 



http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle 


For information about the International Space Station, visit: 



http://www.nasa.gov/station  

	
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