NASA Sets Media Credentials Deadlines for March Shuttle Flight

NASA Sets Media Credentials Deadlines for March Shuttle Flight

NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-123 mission, targeted to launch March 11. The shuttle’s seven-member crew will deliver the first segment of the Japanese Experiment Module, known as Kibo, and the Canadian Space Agency’s two-armed robotic system, Dextre, 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 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.

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