Allard Beutel
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
allard.beutel@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M40-11

NASA INVITES MEDIA TO PEGASUS BARGE DEPARTURE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to a photo opportunity as
NASA's Pegasus barge departs the agency's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.,
on Thursday, Nov. 10, at about 7 a.m. EST. Media should arrive at
Kennedy's Press Site by 6:30 a.m.

The Pegasus barge will leave Kennedy, perhaps for the final time, to
deliver space shuttle main engine (SSME) ground support equipment to
NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., where both the
barge and shuttle equipment will remain in storage until their
specific future uses are determined. The SSMEs themselves will be
transported to Stennis separately for use with NASA's new heavy-lift
rocket, the Space Launch System.

Journalists without NASA Kennedy accreditation need to apply for
credentials by 12 p.m. Nov. 9. New international media accreditation
for this event is closed. Badges can be picked up at the Kennedy
Space Center Badging Office on State Road 405 starting at 6 a.m. on
Nov. 10. Media must apply for credentials online at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov  

Any update on the departure will be available at 321-867-2525.

Pegasus will be towed to Stennis by NASA's Freedom Star ship. In its
12-years of operation, Pegasus sailed 41 times and transported 31
shuttle external fuel tanks from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility
near New Orleans to Kennedy.

Highlights of the move will air on the NASA Television's Video File.
For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming
video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv