[NASA] UPDATE: NASA, Boeing to Stream Flight Test Mission Briefing on NASA+

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China.

NASA and Boeing will host a news conference with mission leadership at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 25, to provide the latest status of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test aboard the International Space Station. NASA previously planned an audio-only media teleconference to host the discussion.

The agency will provide live coverage on

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through a variety of platforms, including social media.

Participants include:

• Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
• Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Boeing

******* States-based media seeking to attend in person must contact the newsroom at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston no later than 9:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 25, at 281-483-5111 or *****@*****.tld. U.S. and international media interested in participating by phone must contact NASA Johnson or NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at ksc*****@*****.tld by 10:30 a.m. the day of the event. A copy of NASA’s 

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Engineering teams with NASA and Boeing recently completed ground hot ***** testing of a Starliner reaction control system thruster at White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. The test series involved ******* the engine through similar in-flight conditions the spacecraft experienced during its approach to the space station, as well as various stress-case firings for what is expected during Starliner’s undocking and the deorbit ***** that will position the spacecraft for a landing in the southwestern ******* States. Teams are analyzing the data from these tests, and leadership plans to discuss initial findings during the briefing.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the orbiting laboratory on June 6, after lifting off aboard a ******* Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5. Since their arrival, the duo has been integrated with the Expedition 71 crew, performing scientific research and maintenance activities as needed.

As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, the mission is an end-to-end test of the Starliner system. Following a successful return to Earth, NASA will begin the process of certifying Starliner for rotational missions to the International Space Station. Through partnership with ********* private industry, NASA is opening access to low Earth orbit and the space station to more people, science, and commercial opportunities.

For NASA’s blog and more information about the mission, visit:

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