NASA Invites Media
to First Astronaut Launch Aboard Boeing�??s Starliner
FEB 21, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY M24-027
Boeing�??s Starliner spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on May 20, 2022.
Credit: NASA
As part of NASA�??s Commercial Crew Program, the agency opened media accreditation for the launch of NASA�??s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. The mission will
be the company�??s first Starliner spacecraft mission with crew.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will launch aboard Starliner on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and dock at the orbiting laboratory, where they will stay for
up to two weeks. Liftoff is currently targeted for mid-April 2024 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The mission will test the end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner system, including launch, docking, and return to Earth in the desert of the western United States.
Following a successful mission, NASA will begin the final process of certifying Starliner and systems for crewed missions to the space station.
U.S. media may apply separately for a photo opportunity during the rollout of the Starliner spacecraft from Boeing�??s Commercial Cargo and Processing Facility at NASA�??s Kennedy Space
Center in Florida. The operational activity is scheduled to take place in early April.
Media accreditation deadlines are as follows:
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International media without U.S. citizenship interested in covering the launch must apply by 11:59 p.m., Thursday, March 14
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U.S. media interested in a photo opportunity of Starliner rollout must apply by 11:59 p.m., Thursday, March 21
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U.S. media interested in covering the launch must apply for credentials by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, April 7
All accreditation requests must be submitted online at:
NASA�??s media accreditation policy is online. For questions
about accreditation or special logistical requests, please email: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov. Requests for space for satellite trucks, tents, or electrical connections
are due by Monday, April 15.
For other questions, please contact the newsroom at NASA Kennedy: 321-867-2468.
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo: 321-501-8425, o
Messod Bendayan: 256-930-1371.
NASA�??s Commercial Crew Program is working with the American aerospace industry through a public-private partnership to launch astronauts on American rockets and spacecraft from American
soil. The goal of the program is to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation on space station missions, which will allow for additional research time.
For more information about the agency�??s Commercial Crew Program, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
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