Space

NASA to Give Team Trip Exam Status Update

.NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to supply an upgrade on the agency's Boeing Staff Tour Test. Mission supervisors remain to review the Starliner space capsule's readiness in advance of decisional appointments no earlier than following week concerning the come back of NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.Audio of the teleconference are going to flow live on the firm's web site at:.https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.Attendees consist of:.Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA's Room Workflow Purpose Directorate.Joel Montalbano, replacement affiliate manager, NASA's Space Procedures Purpose Directorate.Russ DeLoach, principal, NASA's Office of Security and Goal Affirmation.NASA chief rocketeer Joe Acaba.Emily Nelson, primary trip supervisor, NASA's Trip Workflow Directorate.To ask inquiries during the course of the tele-conference, media should RSVP zero behind pair of hours prior to the beginning of the call to Jimi Russell at: james.j.russell@nasa.gov. NASA's media certification plan is readily available online.NASA's Boeing Crew Tour Exam launched on June 5 on a ULA (United Introduce Collaboration) Directory V spacecraft coming from Room Release Complex-41 at Peninsula Canaveral Area Troop Station in Florida. It is actually an end-to-end test of the Starliner system as portion of the company's Industrial Staff Plan. By means of relationship with United States private field, NASA levels accessibility to reduced Earth orbit and the spaceport station to additional individuals, scientific research, and also office possibilities.For NASA's blog site and also even more information concerning the purpose, check out:.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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov/ leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.