Media accreditation is now open for the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the agency’s SpaceX Crew-13 missions, both targeted for launch in the coming months.

The Roman telescope is scheduled to launch no earlier than 7:20 a.m. EDT on Sunday, August 30, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The observatory, named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, will have a deep panoramic view of the cosmos, generating never-before-seen images that will revolutionize our understanding of the universe.

Crew-13 is scheduled to launch no earlier than mid-September from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission will take NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station for a scientific and research expedition. This will be NASA’s 13th commercial crew rotation mission using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft.

Media interested in attending one or both launches must apply by the following deadlines:

• International media without US citizenship must apply by 11:59 pm on Sunday, July 26.
• US media and US citizens representing international media organizations must apply by 11:59 pm on Thursday, July 30.

All accreditation applications must be submitted online at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

NASA’s media accreditation policy is online. If you have questions about accreditation or special logistical requests, please email: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov.

If you have other questions, please contact the NASA Kennedy newsroom at: 321-867-2468.

For more information about these missions, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov

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Alise Fisher (Roman) / Joshua Finch (Crew-13)
Headquarters, Washington
202-385-1287 / 202-358-2546
alise.m.fisher@nasa.gov / joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov

Leejay Lockhart (Roman) / Steve Siceloff (Crew-13)
Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
321-747-8310 / 321-867-2468
leejay.lockhart@nasa.gov / steven.p.siceloff@nasa.gov

Claire Andreoli (Roman)
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.
301-286-1940
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov