Space

NASA to Offer Team Tour Test Standing Update

.NASA will certainly hold a media tele-conference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to provide an improve on the company's Boeing Team Trip Test. Mission managers continue to evaluate the Starliner space capsule's preparedness ahead of decisional meetings no earlier than next full week regarding the profits of NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams.Sound of the teleconference will flow survive on the company's web site at:.https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.Attendees consist of:.Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA's Space Operations Purpose Directorate.Joel Montalbano, representant affiliate administrator, NASA's Room Functions Mission Directorate.Russ DeLoach, principal, NASA's Office of Protection and Objective Affirmation.NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba.Emily Nelson, main tour supervisor, NASA's Air travel Functions Directorate.To ask concerns in the course of the tele-conference, media need to RSVP no beyond pair of hours prior to the begin of decision to Jimi Russell at: james.j.russell@nasa.gov. NASA's media certification policy is actually offered online.NASA's Boeing Crew Tour Exam launched on June 5 on a ULA (United Introduce Alliance) Atlas V spacecraft coming from Area Introduce Complex-41 at Peninsula Canaveral Area Force Terminal in Florida. It is an end-to-end test of the Starliner device as part of the organization's Business Team System. By means of partnership with United States private industry, NASA is opening accessibility to low The planet track and also the spaceport station to more people, scientific research, and also business possibilities.For NASA's blogging site and even more relevant information regarding the mission, see:.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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov/ leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.