Space

NASA to Give Staff Flight Test Status Update

.NASA will throw a media tele-conference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to provide an upgrade on the agency's Boeing Team Trip Exam. Purpose managers remain to assess the Starliner space capsule's preparedness ahead of decisional meetings no earlier than following full week concerning the come back of NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams.Sound of the teleconference will certainly flow reside on the firm's site at:.https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.Individuals consist of:.Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA's Space Operations Goal Directorate.Joel Montalbano, replacement affiliate manager, NASA's Room Functions Purpose Directorate.Russ DeLoach, main, NASA's Office of Safety and security and also Goal Guarantee.NASA primary rocketeer Joe Acaba.Emily Nelson, chief tour supervisor, NASA's Trip Procedures Directorate.To ask inquiries during the course of the teleconference, media need to RSVP no behind 2 hours prior to the begin of decision to Jimi Russell at: james.j.russell@nasa.gov. NASA's media certification policy is actually accessible online.NASA's Boeing Team Tour Exam launched on June 5 on a ULA (United Launch Partnership) Atlas V spacecraft from Area Release Complex-41 at Peninsula Canaveral Area Force Station in Florida. It is an end-to-end test of the Starliner device as aspect of the company's Office Staff Program. Through partnership with United States exclusive industry, NASA levels access to reduced The planet orbit and also the spaceport station to additional people, science, and office options.For NASA's blogging site and even more details concerning the goal, see:.https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew.- edge-.Josh Finch/ Jimi RussellHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov.Courtney Beasley/ Leah CheshierJohnson Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov/ leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.