Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-40
NASA UPDATES MEDIA ACCREDITATION DEADLINES FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION
WASHINGTON - NASA is adjusting the media accreditation deadlines for
the upcoming space shuttle mission, STS-117. Shuttle Atlantis is
targeted to launch June 8 to begin an 11-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, are 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-117 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 NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.,
should submit requests via the Web at https://media.ksc.nasa.gov.
Media must use work, not personal e-mail addresses, when applying for
credentials. Once accreditation is approved, applicants will receive
confirmation via e-mail. All media must apply by May 31.
Media with special logistic requests for Kennedy Space Center, such as
space for trailers, electrical connections or work stations in the
newsroom, must contact Laurel Lichtenberger at
laurel.a.lichtenberger@nasa.gov by May 31.
Work stations are provided on a first-come basis. 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. Media must have a
public affairs escort to any other Kennedy area except the Launch
Complex 39 cafeteria.
Kennedy credentials will be honored during the STS-117 mission at
NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, and NASA's Dryden Flight
Research Center, Edwards, Calif. Media must contact NASA Dryden
public affairs for access to Edwards.
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
Media may obtain Johnson Space Flight Center credentials by calling
the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 or present Kennedy STS-117
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 May 15 for
non-U.S. media, regardless of citizenship, and June 1 for U.S. media
who are U.S. citizens.
Media covering the mission from Johnson using Kennedy credentials must
contact the Johnson newsroom by March 7 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 May 11 for non-U.S. media,
regardless of citizenship, and June 13 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
Johnson Space Center: James Hartsfield, 281-483-5111
Dryden Flight Research Center: Leslie Williams, 661-276-3893
For information about the STS-117 mission or crew, visit:
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