Space

NASA to Deliver Staff Trip Exam Status Update

.NASA is going to host a media tele-conference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to supply an improve on the firm's Boeing Staff Flight Test. Goal supervisors continue to assess the Starliner spacecraft's readiness before decisional conferences no earlier than following week regarding the return of NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams.Sound of the tele-conference will flow reside on the company's web site at:.https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.Participants consist of:.Ken Bowersox, associate manager, NASA's Space Functions Purpose Directorate.Joel Montalbano, representant colleague supervisor, NASA's Area Operations Purpose Directorate.Russ DeLoach, principal, NASA's Workplace of Security and also Goal Assurance.NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba.Emily Nelson, main tour supervisor, NASA's Trip Functions Directorate.To talk to concerns throughout the teleconference, media should RSVP zero beyond 2 hours prior to the beginning of the call to Jimi Russell at: james.j.russell@nasa.gov. NASA's media certification policy is accessible online.NASA's Boeing Team Trip Examination released on June 5 on a ULA (United Release Alliance) Atlas V rocket coming from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Terminal in Florida. It is actually an end-to-end exam of the Starliner unit as component of the agency's Commercial Team System. Through partnership along with American private industry, NASA levels accessibility to reduced Earth orbit as well as the spaceport station to more folks, science, and also office chances.For NASA's blogging site and more info regarding the mission, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew.- end-.Josh Finch/ Jimi RussellHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov.Courtney Beasley/ Leah CheshierJohnson Area Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov/ leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.