Kennedy Media Information
Kennedy News Center:
Phone: 321-867-2468
Fax: 321-867-2692
Recorded Updates: 321-867-2525
Updated -- Nov. 10, 2009
All times are Eastern
STS-129 U.S. Media Badging Instructions:
STS-129 mission badges will be available Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, and are good for the STS-129 mission (through landing day).
U.S. media are required to have a red-and-white mission badge from the Press Accreditation Building on State Road 3. Press Accreditation Building media badging hours for STS-129 are as follows:
- Thursday, Nov. 12 - 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
- Friday, Nov. 13 - 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
- Saturday, Nov. 14 - 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
- Sunday, Nov. 15 - 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
- Monday, Nov. 16 - 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
- Friday, Nov. 27 - 6:00 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
*NEW: Due to a change in NASA policy at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, foreign national media may now drive their own vehicles on center to Kennedy's Press Site per the process outlined in "KSC Badging Policy for Foreign Nationals." This new process also allows U.S. media to drive their foreign national media counterparts to Kennedy's Press Site if they have a machine pass in addition to their mission badge.
To read the complete policy pertaining to foreign nationals, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/374034main_badging-policy.pdf
All mission badges are valid only during the times the NASA News Center at the Press Site is open.
Directions to the Press Accreditation Building on State Road 3:
From the Cocoa Beach Area: Take A1A north towards Cape Canaveral. After A1A turns into State Road 528, you will pass the exit to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the cruise ships. Do not take this exit but continue on State Road 528 going west, passing over the Banana River and Sykes Creek bridges, until you get to the State Road 3/Merritt Island exit. Take a right onto State Road 3, and after approximately 8 miles, you will pull into the Press Accreditation Building on the right (across the street from the Air Liquide plant).
Directions to the Press Site from the Press Accreditation Building:
Turn right out of the badging parking lot and proceed approximately a half mile to Gate 2. After showing your badge, proceed ahead, traveling under the overpass and go approximately four miles toward the Vehicle Assembly Building. Turn right at the light at Saturn Parkway, passing the OSB building on the left and the OSB II building on the right. The Press Site is on your right just past the OSB II building. You will see a sign at the entrance marked "LC-39 Press Site." Turn right into the entrance and bear left into the lower parking lot.
- Point of contact for badging and logistics: Laurel Lichtenberger, 321-867-4036
- Point of contact for badging and inside workspaces: Pat Christian, 321-867-2468
For additional information on the STS-129 mission and its crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
Related Links:
+ Apply for Credentials
+ View Area Map
+ Directions to Badging Office
+ Kennedy Media Contacts
+ Launch Schedule
+ Unmanned Missions
+ Space Shuttle
+ Space Station
+ Constellation
