A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
As NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) continue to evaluate a path toward launching the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test, they will host a joint media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Friday, May 24.
The agency is working toward a launch at 12:25 p.m., Saturday, June 1, for the first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. Other launch opportunities are available on Sunday, June 2, Wednesday, June 5, and Thursday, June 6.
Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency's website at:
Participants in the briefing include:
- NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free
- Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate
- Steve Stich, manager, NASA's Commercial Crew Program
- Dana Weigel, manager, NASA's International Space Station Program
- Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Boeing
- Gary Wentz, vice president, Government and Commercial Programs, ULA
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