July 31, 2023Â MEDIA ADVISORY M23-096 NASA, Boeing to Provide Progress Update on Starliner Crew Flight Test
52095126237_5a3bc0296a_o.jpg Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew ship approaches the International Space Station on the company's Orbital Flight Test-2 mission before automatically docking to the Harmony module's forward port. The orbiting lab was flying 268 miles above the south Pacific at the time of this photograph. Credits: NASA |
NASA and Boeing will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 7, to provide an update on the first astronaut flight of the companyâs CST-100 Starliner to and from the International Space Station. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on NASAâs website. Leaders will discuss spacecraft and team readiness ahead of NASAâs Boeing Crew Flight Test â the final flight test prior to regular crewed missions to the space station on the next-generation system. The briefing participants are: - Steve Stich, manager, NASAâs Commercial Crew Program
- Joel Montalbano, manager, NASAâs International Space Station Program
- Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, CST-100 Starliner, Boeing
To participate in the call, media must RSVP no later than one hour prior to the start of the event to: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov. The Starliner spacecraft will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, returning about a week later in White Sands, New Mexico. The flight will carry two NASA astronaut test pilots, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, on the demonstration flight to prove the end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner spacecraft. Following a successful test flight with astronauts, NASA will begin the final process of certifying the Starliner spacecraft and systems for regular crew rotation flights to and from the space station. Find out more about NASAâs Commercial Crew Program at: https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew -end- |