NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery Set To Return To Florida

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Sept. 15, 2009

Katherine Trinidad 
Headquarters, Washington      
202-358-1100 
katherine.trinidad@xxxxxxxx 

Alan Brown 
Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 
661-276-2665 
alan.brown@xxxxxxxx 

Allard Beutel 
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 
321-867-2468 


allard.beutel@xxxxxxxx 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-177

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SET TO RETURN TO FLORIDA

EDWARDS, Calif. -- After landing at Edwards Air Force Base in 
California on Sept. 11, space shuttle Discovery is about to start its 
cross-country journey back to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 


Following the successful STS-128 mission to the International Space 
Station, Discovery was mounted on a modified Boeing 747 shuttle 
carrier aircraft. Discovery is expected to begin its journey from 
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., to Kennedy 
as early as Friday, Sept. 18. The exact date and time of departure 
have yet to be set because of changing weather conditions and the 
fluid nature of preparing Discovery for the flight. For recorded 
updates about the ferry flight, journalists should call 321-867-2525 
or 661-276-2564. 

Live status updates will be added periodically to the NASA News 
Twitter feed during the flight. To access the feed, visit: 


http://www.twitter.com/nasa 





NASA Television will provide live coverage of Discovery's departure 
and arrival. For the NASA TV downlink, the schedule of ferry flight 
coverage and streaming video information, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 



DISCOVERY DEPARTURE FROM EDWARDS 
NASA will provide reporters, photographers and videographers with two 
opportunities to take imagery of Discovery while it is being prepared 
at Dryden. The first opportunity will be from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. PDT on 
Thursday, Sept. 17, while preparations for Discovery's ferry flight 
are being completed. An informal briefing may be included on the work 
under way at the site. There will be a second opportunity when the 
ferry flight takes off. 

Because of the short notice involved, these opportunities at Edwards 
are restricted to U.S. citizens representing domestic news 
organizations. On Thursday, reporters will be transported in an 
escorted convoy from the Edwards Air Force Base West Gate security 
station on Rosamond Blvd. to Dryden. The convoy will leave promptly 
at 1:15 p.m. 

For the ferry flight departure, journalists will be escorted in a 
convoy to the viewing site. Space is limited to two representatives 
per news organization, or a total of about 30. Preference will be 
given to photographers and videographers, although print journalists 
are welcome as space allows. 

Reporters who were credentialed to cover Discovery's landing at Dryden 
should contact Alan Brown at 661-276-2665 to confirm participation. 
All others should e-mail a credential request with their full name, 
media organization, place and date of birth, driver's license number 
and its issuing state, and last six digits of their social security 
number to DrydenPAO@xxxxxxxx no later than noon Wednesday for either 
media opportunity. Further guidance regarding arrival times and other 
details for the ferry flight opportunity will be provided via e-mail 
when the schedule is set. 

DISCOVERY ARRIVAL AT KENNEDY 
Strict flight weather restrictions may cause unexpected changes to the 
flight path and arrival time of Discovery in Florida. All media 
representatives should be at Kennedy's news center one hour and 15 
minutes ahead of Discovery's announced arrival time for 
transportation to the Shuttle Landing Facility. 

STS-128 U.S. media credentials will be honored at Kennedy for 
Discovery's return. International media credentials are no longer 
valid. TV stations planning on covering the arrival live from the 
shuttle runway must have proper credentials. For safety, journalists 
must follow a dress code for the landing site: no skirts, no shorts, 
no sleeveless shirts, and only closed-toed, flat shoes. 

For more information about Discovery's mission to the space station 
and NASA's Space Shuttle Program, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle 

	
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