MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-147
NASA SETS MEDIA ACCREDITATION DEADLINES FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION
WASHINGTON - NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the
upcoming space shuttle mission, STS-122. Shuttle Atlantis is targeted
to launch Dec. 6 to begin a 12-day mission to the International Space
Station.
All U.S. and international media must apply for credentials to attend
the liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida or to cover
the mission from other NASA centers. To be accredited, media must
work for legitimate, verifiable news-gathering organizations.
Reporters may need to submit requests for credentials at multiple
NASA facilities.
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, on the State Department's list of state sponsors of
terrorism, are under U.S. sanction or embargo, or which raise
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-122 launch is delayed, the deadline for domestic media may be
extended on a day-by-day basis.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
Media applying for credentials at Kennedy should submit requests via
the Web at
https://media.ksc.nasa.gov. Media must use work e-mail
addresses, not personal accounts, when applying. Once accreditation
is approved, applicants will receive confirmation via e-mail.
Accredited media with mission badges will have access from launch
through the end of the mission. Application deadlines for mission
badges are Nov. 21 for U.S. media and Nov. 16 for foreign media.
Access requests must be submitted separately for Atlantis' rollout to
the launch pad and the launch dress rehearsal activities, known as
the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, on Nov. 17-20.
Media with special logistic requests for Kennedy Space Center, such as
space for satellite trucks, trailers, electrical connections or work
space, must contact Laurel Lichtenberger at
laurel.a.lichtenberger@nasa.gov by Nov. 29.
Work space in the NASA News Center and the News Center Annex is
provided on a first-come basis - one space per organization. To set
up temporary telephone, fax, ISDN or network lines, media must make
arrangements with BellSouth at 800-213-4988. Media 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@nasa.gov. Media must have a public affairs escort
to any other Kennedy area except the Launch Complex 39 cafeteria.
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
Media may obtain Johnson Space Center credentials by calling the
Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 or presenting Kennedy STS-122
mission credentials. Media planning to cover the mission only from
Johnson need apply for credentials only at Johnson. Deadlines for
submitting Johnson Space Center accreditation requests are Nov. 14
for non-U.S. media, regardless of citizenship, and Nov. 29 for U.S.
media who are U.S. citizens.
Media covering the mission from Johnson using Kennedy credentials also
must contact the Johnson newsroom by Nov. 29 to arrange workspace,
phone lines and other logistics. Johnson is responsible for
credentialing media if the shuttle lands at 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 Dryden Flight Research Center on
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., could be short. National media should
consider accrediting Los Angeles-based personnel who could travel
quickly to Dryden. Deadlines for submitting Dryden Flight Research
Center accreditation requests are Nov. 9 for non-U.S. media,
regardless of citizenship, and Dec. 12 for U.S. media who are U.S.
citizens.
For Dryden media credentials, U.S. citizens representing domestic
media must provide their full name, date of birth, place of birth,
media organization, the last six digits of their social security
number and driver's license number, including the name of the issuing
state.
In addition to the above requirements, foreign media representatives,
regardless of citizenship, must provide data including their
citizenship, visa or passport number, expiration date, and alien
registration number if applicable.
Media should fax requests for credentials on company letterhead to
661-276-3566. E-mailed requests to
pao@dfrc.nasa.gov are acceptable
for media 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.
NASA PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACTS:
Kennedy Space Center: George Diller, 321-867-2468,
george.h.diller@nasa.govJohnson Space Center: James Hartsfield, 281-483-5111,
james.a.hartsfield@nasa.govDryden Flight Research Center: Leslie Williams, 661-276-3893,
leslie.a.williams@nasa.gov
