NASA, Boeing to Provide Update on Starliner's Orbital Flight Test-2

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky

NASA and Boeing are continuing discussions on the status of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission, and will host a joint media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 13, to discuss the seconduncrewed flight of Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station, as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program.

Participants in the briefing will be:

  • Kathryn Lueders, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations
  • Steve Stich, manager of NASAs Commercial Crew Program
  • John Vollmer, vice president and program manager of Boeings Commercial Crew Program

Audio of the teleconference will livestream online at:

https://www.nasa.gov/live

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