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As NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) continue to evaluate a path toward launching the agency\u2019s Boeing Crew Flight Test, they will host a joint media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Friday, May 24.<\/p>\n
The agency is working toward a launch at 12:25 p.m., Saturday, June 1, for the first crewed flight of Boeing\u2019s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency\u2019s Commercial Crew Program. Other launch opportunities are available on Sunday, June 2, Wednesday, June 5, and Thursday, June 6.<\/p>\n
Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency\u2019s website at:<\/p>\n
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Participants in the briefing include:<\/p>\n
Media may ask questions via phone only. For the dial-in number and passcode, media should contact the newsroom at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no later than 10 a.m., Friday, May 24, at ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.<\/p>\n
Teams continue to assess Starliner\u2019s performance and redundancy after discovering a small but stable helium leak in the spacecraft\u2019s service module. The agency announced May 22 that as part of this work, and unrelated to the current leak, NASA and Boeing are completing a follow-on propulsion system assessment to understand potential helium system impacts on some Starliner return scenarios. NASA also will conduct a Delta-Agency Flight Test Readiness Review closer to launch to evaluate the work performed since the last crew flight test launch attempt on May 6.<\/p>\n
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will be the first to launch aboard Boeing\u2019s Starliner spacecraft and ULA\u2019s Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Following launch, Starliner will dock to the space station before returning to Earth about a week later for a parachute and airbag-assisted landing in the southwestern United States.
Learn more about NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program at:<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n -end-<\/p>\n Jimi Russell \/ Claire O\u2019Shea Steven Siceloff \/ Danielle Sempsrott \/ Stephanie Plucinsky Leah Cheshier\u00a0\/ Anna Schneider
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
james.j.russell@nasa.gov \/ claire.a.o\u2019shea@nasa.gov<\/p>\n
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
321-867-2468
steven.p.siceloff@nasa.gov \/ danielle.c.sempsrott@nasa.gov \/ stephanie.n.plucinsky@nasa.gov<\/p>\n
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov\u00a0\/ anna.c.schneider@nasa.gov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n