Corrected Date: Media Opportunity Set For Mars Rover Atlas V Booster; Tower Rollback Time Change For GRAIL Delta II Rocket

[KSC News Center <ksc@mediaservices.nasa.gov>]

Sept. 6, 2011

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M31-11

CORRECTED DATE: MEDIA OPPORTUNITY SET FOR MARS ROVER ATLAS V BOOSTER; TOWER ROLLBACK TIME CHANGE FOR GRAIL DELTA II ROCKET

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Atlas V first stage booster that will help 
send NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover to the Red Planet 
later this year will be available for a media opportunity on 
Wednesday, Sept. 7.

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) booster is scheduled to be 
transported to the Vertical Integration Facility at Launch Complex 41 
on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., the following day.

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden is planning to attend the photo op, 
as well as spokespeople from NASA and ULA who will be available to 
answer questions.

To participate, previously accredited journalists should be at the 
NASA Kennedy Space Center Press Site at 8:15 a.m. EDT for 
transportation to the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center. Media will 
be returned to the Press Site in time for the GRAIL mission science 
briefing, which is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. GRAIL mission badges 
for U.S. media will be honored for the Atlas media opportunity. 
However, we are past the deadline for foreign national journalists to 
apply for this particular photo op and GRAIL badges cannot be honored 
for international media.

Also on Sept. 7, the time has changed for the photo opportunity of the 
Delta II rocket mobile service tower rollback in preparation for the 
launch of GRAIL. Media now should meet in the parking lot of Cape 
Canaveral Air Force Station's Gate 1 Pass and Identification Building 
for a 10:30 p.m. departure by government bus to the launch pad.

Updates for GRAIL's prelaunch activities will be provided on the 
Kennedy media phone line starting Tuesday, Sept. 6. The telephone 
number is 321-867-2525.

To learn more about NASA's Mars Science Lab mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/msl

To learn more about NASA's GRAIL mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/grail 

	
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