Aug. 22, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-115

Leadership to Discuss NASA�??s Boeing Crew Flight Test

Boeing�??s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA�??s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module�??s forward port. (Credit: NASA)

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership will hold an internal Agency Test Flight Readiness Review on Saturday, Aug. 24, for NASA�??s Boeing Crew Flight Test. About an hour later, NASA will host a live news conference at 1 p.m. EDT from the agency�??s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Watch the media event on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency�??s website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

Media interested in attending the news conference must contact the newsroom at NASA Johnson no later than 1 p.m., Friday, Aug. 23, at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov. Media participating by phone must RSVP no later than one hour prior to the start of the event. A copy of NASA�??s media accreditation policy is online.

NASA and Boeing have gathered data, both in space and on the ground, regarding the Starliner spacecraft�??s propulsion and helium systems to better understand the ongoing technical challenges. The review will include a mission status update, review of technical data and closeout actions, as well as certify flight rationale to proceed with undocking and return from the space station.

NASA�??s Boeing Crew Flight Test launched on 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. Through partnership with American private industry, NASA is opening access to low Earth orbit and the space station to more people, science, and commercial opportunities.

For NASA�??s blog and more information about the mission, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

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