NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and management will hold an internal review of the agency’s flight readiness for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test on Saturday, Aug. 24. About an hour later, NASA will hold a live news conference from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston at 1 p.m. EDT.
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Media wishing to attend the press conference must contact the NASA Johnson Newsroom at 281-483-5111 or [email protected] no later than 1 p.m. Friday, August 23. Media participating by telephone must register no later than one hour before the start of the event. A copy of NASA’s media accreditation guidelines is available online.
NASA and Boeing have been collecting data on the Starliner spacecraft’s propulsion and helium systems both in space and on the ground to better understand ongoing technical challenges. The review includes a mission status update, a review of technical data and closure actions, and confirmation of flight authority for undocking and return from the space station.
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test launched June 5 on a ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. It is an end-to-end test of the Starliner system as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. By partnering with America’s private sector, NASA is opening access to low Earth orbit and the space station to more people, science and commercial opportunities.
NASA’s blog and more information about the mission can be found at:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
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