News media badging requirements and operating hours for Kennedy
Space Center’s News Center have been established for the launch of the Space
Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-111.

Media must request current credentials in writing via fax to the KSC
News Room (321-867-2692) on the letterhead of their current affiliation. The
request must include name (as it appears on drivers license or passport),
social security number, place and date of birth, nationality, valid address
(not P.O. box), and phone number. A passport number and country of
citizenship must be provided if the applicant is not a U.S. citizen.

Due to new badging requirements, news media representatives with
proper authorization must now obtain mission credentials at the Pass and
Identification Building (PIDs) on State Road 405 (NOT State Road 3 as
previously conducted). The PIDs facility is south of Titusville and east of
U.S. 1 on S.R. 405. (No badging will be conducted from the facility on State
Road 3.)

Due to heightened security, media with temporary badges are not permitted to
drive into the secured KSC areas. Media buses will run between the Press
Site and the S.R. 405 PIDs parking lot periodically each day through launch
time. Be advised, due to heightened security, media should add appropriate
time to their schedules.

Credential and badging hours are listed below.
KSC News Center Office Hours for STS-111
(Times may be adjusted in real time depending on mission events and
timelines.) 

Monday, May 27........................CLOSED
Tuesday, May 28...................... 8 a .m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 29.................. 8 a.m.  - 6 p.m.
Thursday, May 30 (Launch Day)... 8 a.m. - 12 midnight
	*	[FOR MISSION DAY SCHEDULES SEE NOTE BELOW]
Tuesday, June 11 (Landing day)... 8 a.m. -  10 p.m.

* NOTE: The KSC News Center will support media attendance and
questions for overnight and weekend STS-111 Mission Status Briefings and the
in-flight crew news conference. Media interested in attending the briefings
that occur after normal office hours MUST make their intentions known to the
KSC News Room at least 24 hours in advance in order to secure proper access
to the press site. Times of these briefings are available in the NASA TV
schedule at: http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html

Pass and Identification Badging Hours

News media may obtain STS-111 mission credentials at the Pass and
Identification Building on S.R. 405 south of Titusville, during the
following times. 

Monday, May 27 -----------------------------	CLOSED
Tuesday, May 28 ----------------------------	8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
(The first bus will depart PIDs on S.R. 405 for the Press Site at 8 a.m.)
Wednesday, May 29 -----------------------	8 a.m. -- 4 p.m.
Thursday, May 30 (Launch day)----------	8 a.m. - Launch minus 1 hour

NEWS MEDIA ARE REQUIRED TO BE UNDER PUBLIC AFFAIRS ESCORT AT ALL
TIMES WHILE AT KSC. MEDIA WITH TEMPORARY BADGES ARE NOT PERMITTED AT THE
COMPLEX 39 CAFETERIA.

NEWS MEDIA ARE ALLOWED AT THE PRESS SITE ONLY WHEN THE KSC NEWS
CENTER IS OPEN.