Space

NASA to Give Crew Tour Exam Standing Update

.NASA is going to hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to deliver an update on the agency's Boeing Crew Tour Examination. Purpose supervisors remain to examine the Starliner space capsule's readiness before decisional meetings no earlier than next week pertaining to the come back of NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams.Sound of the teleconference are going to flow survive on the agency's site at:.https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.Individuals feature:.Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA's Space Workflow Mission Directorate.Joel Montalbano, replacement colleague manager, NASA's Space Functions Purpose Directorate.Russ DeLoach, main, NASA's Office of Security and also Mission Affirmation.NASA chief rocketeer Joe Acaba.Emily Nelson, chief trip director, NASA's Air travel Operations Directorate.To talk to concerns in the course of the tele-conference, media have to RSVP zero behind 2 hrs prior to the beginning of the call to Jimi Russell at: james.j.russell@nasa.gov. NASA's media accreditation plan is actually available online.NASA's Boeing Crew Trip Test released on June 5 on a ULA (United Launch Partnership) Atlas V spacecraft coming from Area Release Complex-41 at Peninsula Canaveral Space Troop Terminal in Florida. It is an end-to-end exam of the Starliner body as aspect of the firm's Commercial Team Plan. Through collaboration along with United States personal market, NASA levels accessibility to low Earth track and also the spaceport station to additional individuals, scientific research, and also industrial chances.For NASA's blog site and also more relevant information regarding the purpose, visit:.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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov/ leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.