NASA Invites Media to View Spacecraft to Study the Frontier of Space

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Aug 31, 2018, 16:51 ET

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is inviting media to view NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) spacecraft Thursday, Oct. 4, ahead of its scheduled launch aboard a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket Saturday, Oct. 6, at 4 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida.

ICON will study Earth's ionosphere to help determine the physical process at play in this frontier of space where terrestrial weather from below meets space weather from above and pave the way for mitigating its effects on our technology and society.

Media will be able to interview ICON team members, see the rocket, and tour Northrop Grumman's L-1011 "Stargazer" aircraft that will carry the rocket over the Atlantic Ocean, where it will detach and carry ICON into orbit.

Media prelaunch activities will take place at CCAFS and neighboring NASA Kennedy Space Center. Credentialing deadlines are as follows:

Media who are U.S. citizens must apply by 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27.
Media who are not U.S. citizens must apply by noon Tuesday, Sept. 4, for access to CCAFS; or by 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, for access to Kennedy media activities only.

All media accreditation requests must be submitted online at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

For questions about accreditation, media representatives should email [email protected]. For other questions, contact Kennedy's newsroom at 321-867-2468.

For more information about ICON visit

https://www.nasa.gov/icon

SOURCE NASA