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.
Credits: NASA
NASA and Boeing will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 7, to provide an update on the first astronaut flight of the companys CST-100 Starliner to and from the International Space Station.
Audio of the teleconference will stream live on NASAs website.
Leaders will discuss spacecraft and team readiness ahead of NASAs Boeing Crew Flight Test the final flight test prior to regular crewed missions to the space station on the next-generation system.
The briefing participants are:
- Steve Stich, manager, NASAs Commercial Crew Program
- Joel Montalbano, manager, NASAs International Space Station Program
- Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, CST-100 Starliner, Boeing
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