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Onderwerp: MARS '98 SPACECRAFT PHOTO OPPORTUNITY AT KSC FRIDAY, OCT. 16
NASA News
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
For Release: Oct. 13, 1998
KSC Release No. 118 - 98
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MARS '98 SPACECRAFT PHOTO OPPORTUNITY AT KSC FRIDAY, OCT. 16
NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft and Mars Polar Lander
spacecraft, to be launched aboard Delta rockets in December and January
respectively, are the subject of a news media opportunity on Friday, Oct.
16.
Media representatives will be taken inside the clean room at the
SAEF-2 spacecraft checkout facility located in the KSC Industrial Area.
Because planetary contamination controls are in effect at SAEF-2, strict
clean room protocol will be observed.
Those planning to attend are requested to wear long pants and closed-toe
shoes. Clean room attire (bunny suits) will be furnished. Quality control
personnel will request cleaning of photographic equipment with alcohol wipes
which will be provided. No suede, leather or vinyl attire or accessories
are permitted. Please do not wear perfume, cologne or makeup. Special
plastic bags will be provided for photographic accessories. No graphite
pencils, food, tobacco, lighters, matches, or pocket knives will be
permitted inside the clean room. Electronic flash photography is permitted.
The lighting in the facility is mercury vapor. Spokesmen from the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin, builders of the spacecraft, will
be available to answer questions and for interviews.
Those needing accreditation should contact the NASA News Center at
407/867-2468 by the close of business Thursday, Oct. 15. The departure from
the KSC News Center for SAEF-2 will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 15.
The Mars Polar Lander is designed to touch down on the Martian
surface near the northern-most boundary of the south pole to search for
water in the Martian soil. It will also help scientists learn more about
the climate change and the current resources on Mars, studying such things
as frosts, dust, water vapor and condensates in the Martian atmosphere.
The Mars Climate Orbiter will be used to support its companion Mars Polar
Lander spacecraft. After the lander's primary mission is complete, the
orbiter's instruments will monitor the atmosphere and image the planet's
surface on a daily basis for one Martian year, the equivalent of two earth
years. During this time, the spacecraft will observe the appearance and
movement of atmospheric dust and water vapor, as well as characterize
seasonal changes on the surface.
The launch of the Mars Climate Orbiter is currently scheduled for Dec. 10,
1998. The Mars Polar Lander is planned for launch on Jan. 3, 1999. Both
spacecraft will be launched on a Boeing Delta II rocket from Launch Complex
17 on Cape Canaveral Air Station.
Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the
World Wide Web at:
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm .
Information about the countdown and mission can be accessed
electronically via the Internet at:
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/ and at http://shuttle.nasa.gov/
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