Kyle Herring/Debra Rahn
Headquarters, Washington          Feb. 1, 2002
(Phone: 202/358-4504 / 1638)

Bill Johnson
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)

Eileen Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

Leslie Williams
Dryden Flight Research Center, Calif.
(Phone: 661/276-3449)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N01-10

IMPORTANT PRESS CREDENTIAL INFORMATION FOR STS-109

     Members of the news media planning to cover the Space 
Shuttle Columbia's mission to service the Hubble Space 
Telescope during STS-109 should expect, and plan for, changes 
in credential and escort procedures at NASA field centers, 
including the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., the Johnson Space 
Center in Houston, and the Dryden Flight Research Center, 
Calif.

Media wishing to cover the launch, mission and landing should 
contact each NASA center newsroom for specific application 
and escort procedures. U.S. press should submit coverage 
requests well in advance of the scheduled launch date, but no 
later than the day before launch, which currently is 
scheduled for Feb. 28.

Members of the foreign media, including U.S. free-lance media 
supporting an international press organization, must submit 
STS-109 launch coverage credential requests in writing a 
minimum of two weeks prior to the scheduled launch. The 
deadline for foreign press credential applications is Feb. 
14. Any requests by international press after that date will 
be declined.

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