Sept.

5, 2007

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-114

NASA SETS MEDIA ACCREDITATION DEADLINES FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION

WASHINGTON - NASA is accepting media accreditation requests for the

upcoming space shuttle mission, STS-120. Shuttle Discovery is
targeted to launch Oct. 23 to begin a 13-day mission to the
International Space Station.

All U.S. and international media must apply for credentials to attend
the shuttle launch 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 requests by journalists

from certain countries. Designated countries include those with which
the United States has no diplomatic relations, those on the State
Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism, those under U.S.
sanction or embargo or those 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-120 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 for are Oct. 12 for U.S. media and Oct. 8 for foreign media.
Access requests must be submitted separately for the Sept. 27 rollout
to the launch pad and the launch dress rehearsal activities, known as
the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, on Oct. 7-10.

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 Oct. 16.

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.

Kennedy credentials also will be honored during the STS-120 mission at

NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, and NASA's Dryden Flight
Research Center, Edwards, Calif. Media must contact Dryden public
affairs for access to Edwards Air Force Base.

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER

Media may obtain Johnson Space Flight Center credentials by calling
the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 or by presenting Kennedy STS-120
mission credentials. Media planning to cover the mission only from
Johnson need to apply for credentials only at Johnson. Deadlines for
submitting Johnson accreditation requests are Sept. 27 for non-U.S.
media, regardless of citizenship, and Oct. 17 for U.S. media who are
U.S. citizens.

Media covering the mission from Johnson using Kennedy credentials must
contact the Johnson newsroom by Oct. 17 to arrange work space, 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 Discovery landing at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center
on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., could be short. Media should
consider accrediting Los Angeles-based personnel who could travel
quickly to Dryden. Deadlines for submitting are Sept. 27 for non-U.S.
media, regardless of citizenship, and Oct. 30 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. Foreign media representatives, regardless of citizenship, must
provide additional 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. 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

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