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NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliner\u2019s mission and departure from the International Space Station as part of the agency\u2019s Boeing Crew Flight Test in a pre-departure media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 18.<\/p>\n
NASA, Boeing, and station management teams will evaluate mission requirements and weather conditions at available landing locations in the southwestern U.S. before committing to the spacecraft\u2019s departure from the orbiting laboratory.<\/p>\n
Participants in the news conference include:<\/p>\n
Media interested in participating must contact the NASA Johnson newsroom no later than 10 a.m., June 18, at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov. To ask questions, media must dial into the teleconference no later than 15 minutes before the start of the event.<\/p>\n
Audio of the teleconference will stream live on NASA\u2019s website at:<\/p>\n
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As part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams lifted off at 10:52 a.m., June 5, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on an end-to-end test of the Starliner system. The crew docked to the forward-facing port of the station\u2019s Harmony module at 1:34 p.m., June 6.<\/p>\n
For NASA\u2019s blog and more information about the mission, visit:<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n -end-<\/p>\n Josh Finch \/ Jimi Russell \/ Claire O\u2019Shea Courtney Beasley \/ Leah Cheshier
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov \/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov \/ claire.a.o\u2019shea@nasa.gov<\/p>\n
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov \/ leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n