NASA Digest, Vol 42, Issue 12

	November 28, 2016  MEDIA ADVISORY M16-136 NASA Television to Air International Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking The Russian Progress 62 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on July 1, 2016. Credits: NASA A Russian cargo spacecraft is set to launch Thursday, Dec. 1, to deliver more than two and a half tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station crew. Coverage on NASA Television and the agency's website begins at 9:30 a.m. EST ahead of the 9:51 a.m. (8:51 p.m. Baikonur time) launch. The unpiloted Russian Progress 65 will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft is set to dock to the rear port of the space station's Zvezda Service Module at 11:43 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 11 a.m. The Progress 65 will spend more than six months docked to the station before departing in June for its deorbit into the Earth's atmosphere. Check out the full NASA TV schedule and video streaming information at: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv Keep up with the International Space Station, and its research and crews, at: http://www.nasa.gov/station Get breaking news, images and features from the station on Instagram and Twitter: http://instagram.com/iss http://www.twitter.com/Space_Station
	Press Contacts Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 tabatha.t.thompson@nasa.gov Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 daniel.g.huot@nasa.gov

	November 28, 2016  MEDIA ADVISORY M16-137 NASA Opens Media Accreditation for Hurricane Microsatellites Launch Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission, currently scheduled for Monday, Dec. 12. CYGNSS will launch aboard an Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket to be deployed from Orbital's "Stargazer" L-1011 carrier aircraft, which will take off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida. Once airborne, the Pegasus rocket will launch over the Atlantic Ocean, about 126 miles east of Daytona Beach, Florida. The 90-minute launch window opens at 8:19 a.m. EST. The CYGNSS constellation consists of eight microsatellite observatories that will measure the surface winds in and near a hurricane's inner core, including regions beneath the eye wall and intense inner rain bands that previously could not be measured from space. Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at CCAFS and NASA's Kennedy Space Center, adjacent to Cape Canaveral. The deadline for U.S. news media to apply for access is 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1. The deadline for international news media has passed.  All media accreditation requests should be submitted online at: https://media.ksc.nasa.gov Media representatives must present two forms of unexpired government identification to receive their media credentials. One form must include a photo, such as a passport or driver's license. Questions about accreditation may be addressed to Jennifer Horner at jennifer.p.horner@nasa.gov or 321-867-6598. For other questions or additional information, you may contact Kennedy's newsroom at 321-867-2468. The NASA Launch Services Program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is responsible for spacecraft integration and launch management. Orbital ATK of Dulles, Virginia, provides the Pegasus XL launch service to NASA. The agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is responsible for the mission management of CYGNSS in collaboration with Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. For more information about the CYGNSS Program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/cygnss
	Press Contacts Sean Potter Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1536 sean.potter@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov E.J. Olsen University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 734-764-5235 ejolsen@umich.edu Maria Stothoff Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas 210-522-3305 maria.stothoff@swri.org