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Dryden Flight Research Center
P.O. Box 273
Edwards, California 93523
Voice  (661) 276-3449
FAX    (661) 276-3566
_____________________________      January 29, 2003

Leslie Williams / Alan Brown
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Phone: (661) 276-3449

RELEASE No:  03-06

NOTE TO EDITORS:  (Not for publication)

MEDIA ACCREDITATION PROCEDURES FOR 
STS-107 LANDING AT EDWARDS OUTLINED

The Space Shuttle Columbia is scheduled to land this Saturday at the 
NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida to conclude mission STS-107.

It is unlikely that facilities and personnel at Edwards Air Force 
Base, Calif., would be called up to support a potential landing unless 
it is delayed until Monday, Feb. 3. Two landing opportunities at 
Edwards occur on Monday at about 6:03 a.m. and 7:38 a.m. Pacific time, 
with two additional opportunities on Tuesday morning, Feb. 4, at times 
yet to be determined.      

Media representatives should fax a request for accreditation on their 
company letterhead to (661) 276-3566 or phone the NASA Dryden Public 
Affairs Office at (661) 276-3449 no later than noon Friday, Jan. 31, 
if they wish to cover a landing here. The request must include the 
media representative's name, affiliation, date of birth, place of 
birth (city/state/country), driver's license number and issuing state, 
and the last six digits of the social security number. In addition, 
media personnel must have two forms of photo identification, including 
a driver's license, and appropriate vehicle registration and proof of 
insurance to gain access to Edwards AFB.

The Dryden public affairs office will be open about two hours before 
the earliest landing opportunity. If necessary, media representatives 
will be escorted from the west gate of Edwards Air Force Base to the 
NASA center. There will be no media convoy to the shuttle landing news 
media photography site for those landing opportunities that occur 
before sunrise. However, a media convoy will leave the Dryden public 
affairs office about two hours prior to the first post-sunrise landing 
opportunity to escort media photographers, videographers and reporters 
on a space-available basis to the media viewing site. 

Broadcast media intending to use radio-frequency transmitting 
equipment must have their equipment and frequencies inspected and 
approved by the NASA Dryden frequency management office in advance. 
Broadcast crews must have a copy of their transmitter licenses with 
their equipment. There will be a mandatory full-up  frequency test 
approximately two hours prior to landing to avoid interference with 
frequencies used by NASA or the Air Force. For further information, 
please contact Dryden frequency manager Gary Barr at (661) 276-2717, 
or the Edwards Air Force Base Control Center at (661) 277-3444. RF 
transmissions, including cell phones, are NOT allowed from the media 
viewing site.

For the latest update on the shuttle landing schedule, call (661) 
276-2564.  

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