NASA Coverage Set for March 1 SpaceX Mission to Space Station

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Feb. 22, 2013

Trent Perrotto 
Headquarters, Washington                               
202-358-1100 
trent.j.perrotto@xxxxxxxx 

George Diller 
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 
321-867-2468 
george.h.diller@xxxxxxxx 

Josh Byerly 
Johnson Space Center, Houston 
281-483-5111 
josh.byerly@xxxxxxxx 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-037

NASA COVERAGE SET FOR MARCH 1 SPACEX MISSION TO SPACE STATION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The second SpaceX mission to the International 
Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract is 
scheduled to launch Friday, March 1, from Space Launch Complex 40 at 
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA Television coverage 
begins at 8:30 a.m. EST. 

The company's Falcon 9 rocket carrying its Dragon cargo capsule will 
lift off at 10:10 a.m. If needed, a backup launch opportunity is 
available on March 2 with launch time at 9:47 a.m. and NASA TV 
coverage beginning at 8 a.m. 

The mission is the second of 12 SpaceX flights contracted by NASA to 
resupply the space station. It will mark the third trip by a Dragon 
capsule to the orbiting laboratory, following a demonstration flight 
in May 2012 and the first resupply mission in October 2012. 

The capsule will be filled with more than 1,200 pounds of scientific 
experiments and cargo. It will remain attached to the space station's 
Harmony module for more than three weeks. The Dragon capsule will 
splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California on 
March 25, returning more than 2,300 pounds of experiment samples and 
equipment, which will be recovered for examination by scientists and 
engineers. 

In advance of the launch, NASA will host a briefing on NASA's human 
deep space exploration progress at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the 
agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On Thursday, Feb. 28, NASA 
will host a mission science briefing at 1 p.m. and a prelaunch news 
conference at 3 p.m. All three briefings will be carried live on NASA 
TV and the agency's website. 

Media may request accreditation to attend the prelaunch news 
conferences and launch by going online at: 

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov 

The deadline for U.S. media to apply for accreditation is Feb. 25. The 
deadline has passed for international news media to apply. 

Media credentials will be valid at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in 
Florida and Johnson Space Center in Houston for mission activities 
from launch through splashdown. 

For more information about media accreditation, call Jennifer Horner 
at 321-867-6598 or 321-867-2468. 

For an updated schedule of prelaunch briefings, events and NASA TV 
coverage times, visit: 

http://go.nasa.gov/13hO0IY 

For NASA TV schedule and video streaming information, visit 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For countdown coverage, NASA's launch blog and more information about 
the mission, visit: 

http://go.nasa.gov/spacex2 

For more information about the International Space Station, research 
in low-Earth orbit, NASA's commercial space programs and the future 
of American spaceflight, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/exploration 

	
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