NASA SET TO WELCOME EUROPEAN SPACE STATION COMPONENT

May 24, 2006

Joe Pally
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-7239

Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(321) 867-2468

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-092

NASA SET TO WELCOME EUROPEAN SPACE STATION COMPONENT

The European Space Agency's research laboratory, designated Columbus,
will arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30.
There it will be prepared for delivery to the International Space
Station on a future space shuttle mission. NASA will hold a series of
media events from May 31 to June 2 in conjunction with the lab's
arrival.

Columbus is being flown to Kennedy from its manufacturer in Germany.
Columbus will expand the research facilities of the station and
provide researchers with the ability to conduct numerous experiments
in the area of life, physical and materials sciences.
Media activities for the lab's arrival include the following (all
times are EDT):

May 31: Photo opportunity from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Shuttle
Landing Facility, featuring the opening of the aircraft and the
offloading of Columbus.

June 1: Photo opportunity from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. at the Space Station
Processing Facility, featuring Columbus being lifted into the cargo
element work stand.

Media interested in attending the photo opportunities should contact
Tracy Young at (321) 867-2468.

June 2: NASA will welcome Columbus during a ceremony at 10 a.m. at the
Space Station Processing Facility. The ceremony participants a

-- William Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for Space
Operations
-- Alan Thirkettle, International Space Station program manager,
European Space Agency
-- Jim Kennedy, director, Kennedy Space Center
-- Russell Romanella, director, International Space Station and
Payloads Processing

Permanently badged media planning to attend the June 2 ceremony must
arrive at Kennedy's press site by 9 a.m. for transportation to the
processing facility. U.S. media without Kennedy credentials can apply
for accreditation via the online media accreditation Web site at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

Accreditation for foreign news media is closed.

The photo opportunities and arrival ceremony will occur in operational
areas. Everyone in attendance will be required to wear long pants and
flat, closed shoes. Sleeveless shirts are not allowed.

Video highlights of the Columbus arrival activities will air on the
NASA TV Video File segment on the Media Channel the afternoon of June
2.

NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they are on AMC-7 at 237 degrees
west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal
polarization. For digital downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For further information on Columbus and the International Space
Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station


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Jacques :-)

www.spacepatches.nl

Jacques van Oene wrote:
NASA SET TO WELCOME **EUROPEAN** SPACE STATION COMPONENT

Accreditation for foreign news media is closed.

I guess I am the only one seeing the stupidity of this.

Won't european media want to see this event ????????

On Wed, 24 May 2006 18:06:58 -0400, John Doe wrote:

Jacques van Oene wrote:
NASA SET TO WELCOME **EUROPEAN** SPACE STATION COMPONENT

Accreditation for foreign news media is closed.

I guess I am the only one seeing the stupidity of this.

Won't european media want to see this event ????????

I think "closed" just means there was an earlier deadline
for non-US media. Probably takes longer for whatever
background checks they make. I don't think it means the
event is closed to foreign media, period.

Dale

"John Doe" wrote in message ...
Jacques van Oene wrote:
NASA SET TO WELCOME **EUROPEAN** SPACE STATION COMPONENT

Accreditation for foreign news media is closed.

I guess I am the only one seeing the stupidity of this.

Won't european media want to see this event ????????

A) who's to say they haven't already, in Europe

and

B) being closed may simply mean that all the available slots are filled up
and remaining slots are reserved for US media so they can get some US
coverage.