NASA, Boeing to Hold Media Update on Starliner Progress

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew ship approaches the International Space Station on the company's Orbital Flight Test-2 mission before automatically docking to the Harmony module's forward port. The orbiting lab was flying 268 miles above the south Pacific at the time of this photograph was taken on May 20, 2022.
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NASA and Boeing will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 25, to provide an update on the agencys Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) to the International Space Station the first flight with astronauts on the companys CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.

Leadership on the call also will discuss data reviews from Boeings uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 to the space station, which successfully completed in May 2022.

The briefing participants are:

  • Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, NASAs Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
  • Steve Stich, manager, NASAs Commercial Crew Program, NASAs Kennedy Space Center
  • Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, CST-100 Starliner, Boeing
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