A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, topped by the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, stand on Space Launch Complex 41 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 4, 2019. The vehicle was in place on the launch pad for Boeing's wet dress rehearsal ahead of the upcoming Orbital Flight Test, an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Credits: Boeing

NASA and Boeing will hold a news teleconference Thursday, Dec. 12, following the agency’s Flight Readiness Review for Boeing’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test (OFT) to the International Space Station, as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The teleconference will begin no earlier than 2 p.m. EST, or approximately one hour after the review ends. The start time will be adjusted as necessary. Media may participate and ask questions via phone only. For the dial-in number and passcode, please contact Kennedy’s News Center at 321-867-2468 or ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov by 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12.

Audio of the teleconference will stream live online at:

https://www.nasa.gov/live

Briefing participants include:

• Phil McAlister, director, NASA Commercial Spaceflight Development
• Kathy Lueders, manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program
• Kirk Shireman, manager, International Space Station Program
• John Mulholland, vice president and program manager, Boeing Commercial Crew Program
• Steve Koerner, director, Flight Operations  

Launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is targeted for 6:36 a.m. Friday, Dec. 20, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Boeing’s uncrewed flight test will be Starliner’s maiden mission to the International Space Station, which, is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program to return human spaceflight launches to the space station from American soil on America spacecraft and rockets.

For launch countdown coverage, NASA's launch blog, and more information about the mission, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

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Press Contacts

Joshua Finch
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov

Marie Lewis / Tori McLendon / Jennifer Wolfinger
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
marie.g.lewis@nasa.gov/ tori.n.mclendon@nasa.gov / jennifer.wolfinger@nasa.gov

Dan Huot / Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
daniel.g.huot@nasa.gov / kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov

Josh Barrett / Jessica Landa
Boeing
321-607-4118 / 321-360-9132
joshua.d.barrett2@boeing.com / jessica.landa@boeing.com

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