Media Accreditation Open For Launch Of NASA's Next Mission To Mars

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May 10, 2013

Joshua Buck 
Headquarters, Washington           
202-358-1100 
jbuck@xxxxxxxx 

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

Nancy Neal Jones 
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 
301-286-0039 
nancy.n.jones@xxxxxxxx 


MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-073

MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPEN FOR LAUNCH OF NASA'S NEXT MISSION TO MARS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- International and U.S. media accreditation is 
open for the launch of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution 
(MAVEN) mission. 

Liftoff is scheduled for 1:28 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 18, aboard a 
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at 
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 

International media representatives who plan to cover the MAVEN launch 
must apply for credentials by Oct. 1 to meet NASA and U.S. Air Force 
accreditation requirements. U.S. media also may begin the application 
process at this time and must apply no later than Nov. 12. All 
applications must be submitted online via the NASA Kennedy Space 
Center's accreditation system at: 

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov/ 

International journalists are required to submit a scanned copy of 
their "I" visa and passport. Green card holders must submit a scanned 
copy of their card. Scanned documents must be sent to 
jennifer.p.horner@xxxxxxxx for the credential request to be 
processed. 
All media representatives must present two forms of legal 
identification to enter Kennedy. At least one form must be a 
government-issued photo identification, such as a passport or 
driver's license. 

Questions about accreditation should be addressed to Jennifer Horner 
at jennifer.p.horner@xxxxxxxx, 321-867-6598 or 321-867-2468. 
MAVEN is the second mission for NASA's Mars Scout Program. The mission 
will obtain critical measurements of the Martian atmosphere to help 
understand climate change throughout the Red Planet's history. MAVEN 
is the first spacecraft devoted to exploring and understanding Mars' 
upper atmosphere. It will orbit the planet in an elongated, or 
elliptical, orbit that allows it to pass through and sample the 
entire upper atmosphere on every orbit. The spacecraft will 
investigate how the loss of Mars' atmosphere to space determined the 
history of water on the surface. 

MAVEN's principal investigator is based at the University of Colorado 
at Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. The 
university will provide science operations and science instruments 
and lead education and public outreach. NASA's Goddard Space Flight 
Center in Greenbelt, Md., manages the project and provides two of the 
science instruments for the mission. Lockheed Martin of Littleton, 
Colo., built the spacecraft and is responsible for mission 
operations. The University of California at Berkeley Space Sciences 
Laboratory provides science instruments for the mission. NASA's Jet 
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., provides navigation 
support, the Deep Space Network and the Electra telecommunications 
relay hardware and operations. 

NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch 
management. United Launch Alliance of Centennial, Colo., is the 
provider of the Atlas V launch service. 

For more information about the MAVEN mission, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/maven 

	
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