NASA Invites Media to 18th SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo module lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in the early morning May 4, 2019. Liftoff was at 2:48 a.m. EDT, carrying the 17th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station.
Credits: NASA

Media accreditation is open for the launch of the next SpaceX delivery of NASA supplies, equipment and science investigations to the International Space Station.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch in July on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida. This will be the companys 18th mission under NASAs Commercial Resupply Services contract.

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

  • International media without U.S. citizenship must apply by 4:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, June 9, for access to CCAFS or by 4:30 p.m. Sunday, June 30, for access to Kennedy media activities only.
  • U.S. media must apply by 4:30 p.m. Sunday, June 30.

All media accreditation requests should be submitted online at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

/Public Release. This material from the originating organization/author(s) might be of the point-in-time nature, and edited for clarity, style and length. Mirage.News does not take institutional positions or sides, and all views, positions, and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s).View in full here.