May 10, 2013

George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 george h diller@nasa gov

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa gov

Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md 301-286-0039 nancy n jones@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-073

MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPEN FOR LAUNCH OF NASA'S NEXT MISSION TO MARS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- International and U S media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission

Liftoff is scheduled for 1:28 p m EST Monday, Nov 18, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida

International media representatives who plan to cover the MAVEN launch must apply for credentials by Oct 1 to meet NASA and U S Air Force accreditation requirements U S media also may begin the application process at this time and must apply no later than Nov 12 All applications must be submitted online via the NASA Kennedy Space Center's accreditation system at:

https://media ksc nasa gov

International journalists are required to submit a scanned copy of their "I" visa and passport Green card holders must submit a scanned copy of their card Scanned documents must be sent to jennifer p horner@nasa gov for the credential request to be processed

All media representatives must present two forms of legal identification to enter Kennedy At least one form must be a government-issued photo identification, such as a passport or driver's license

Questions about accreditation should be addressed to Jennifer Horner at jennifer p horner@nasa gov, 321-867-6598 or 321-867-2468

MAVEN is the second mission for NASA's Mars Scout Program The mission will obtain critical measurements of the Martian atmosphere to help understand climate change throughout the Red Planet's history MAVEN is the first spacecraft devoted to exploring and understanding Mars' upper atmosphere It will orbit the planet in an elongated, or elliptical, orbit that allows it to pass through and sample the entire upper atmosphere on every orbit The spacecraft will investigate how the loss of Mars' atmosphere to space determined the history of water on the surface

MAVEN's principal investigator is based at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics The university will provide science operations and science instruments and lead education and public outreach NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md , manages the project and provides two of the science instruments for the mission Lockheed Martin of Littleton, Colo , built the spacecraft and is responsible for mission operations The University of California at Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory provides science instruments for the mission NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif , provides navigation support, the Deep Space Network and the Electra telecommunications relay hardware and operations

NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management United Launch Alliance of Centennial, Colo , is the provider of the Atlas V launch service

For more information about the MAVEN mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/maven

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