TESS

the Kennedy Space Center

George Ricker, project scientist at KSC; grr@space.mit.edu
Contact phone: Overbye, cell:
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Instructions: From Dennis: So the plan is that I will be at KSC on the 15th interviewing the leaders of the TESS misson, the next exoplanet project, which is supposed to launch on or about March 20. We will also be in a clean room seeing the spacecraft practice deploying its solar panels.

Here's more info about TESS: https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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Shooting day + travel day, unless sorted out otherwise

Of course we'll want to see all the cool stuff they have, but I hope you can go buck wild shooting anything and everything here, with more of a photojournalistic approach than a straight-on technical approach. I hope it's possible to show what we need to show while also having nicely composed images, layering, etc. The vantages might not allow for it, since all the instrumentation, I'm sure, is super sensitive. But anyway, try to have fun and be creative with this. A few exteriors would be great, too, just so we have a sense of where we are.

Not sure yet what to expect from the SpaceX visit or what kind of access there will be (they can be a bit finicky and arbitrary), but I think a similar approach while following Dennis's lead should work. It's space and rocketry, so what we need to see won't be subtle by any means.

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Reporter: Overbye,Dennis
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the Kennedy Space Center<br />
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George Ricker, project scientist at KSC; grr@space.mit.edu<br />
Contact phone: Overbye, cell:<br />
Contact e-mail: <br />
<br />
<br />
Instructions: From Dennis: So the plan is that I will be at KSC on the 15th interviewing the leaders of the TESS misson, the next exoplanet project, which is supposed to launch on or about March 20. We will also be in a clean room seeing the spacecraft practice deploying its solar panels.<br />
<br />
Here's more info about TESS: https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/<br />
<br />
* * *<br />
<br />
Shooting day + travel day, unless sorted out otherwise<br />
<br />
Of course we'll want to see all the cool stuff they have, but I hope you can go buck wild shooting anything and everything here, with more of a photojournalistic approach than a straight-on technical approach. I hope it's possible to show what we need to show while also having nicely composed images, layering, etc. The vantages might not allow for it, since all the instrumentation, I'm sure, is super sensitive. But anyway, try to have fun and be creative with this. A few exteriors would be great, too, just so we have a sense of where we are.<br />
<br />
Not sure yet what to expect from the SpaceX visit or what kind of access there will be (they can be a bit finicky and arbitrary), but I think a similar approach while following Dennis's lead should work. It's space and rocketry, so what we need to see won't be subtle by any means. <br />
<br />
* * *<br />
<br />
Please file by Monday 10 a.m. unless otherwise instructed. Thank you!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Caption Information: <br />
____________________________________________________________<br />
Photographer Assigned: Ritchie,Josh<br />
<br />
Reporter: Overbye,Dennis<br />
Will be there? Yes<br />
<br />
Requested by: McCann,Matthew<br />
Business: 8724<br />
email: matthew.mccann@nytimes.com <br />
<br />
Editor: McCann,Matthew<br />
Business: 8724<br />
email: matthew.mccann@nytimes.com <br />
Deadline Date: <br />
________________________________________________________________<br />
Directions: <br />
________________________________________________________________<br />
View in Trax (If within the New York Times Network): http:/