{"id":52501,"date":"2021-10-15T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T01:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-474726"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:31:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:31:48","slug":"nasa-boeing-to-provide-update-on-boeings-orbital-flight-test-2","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-boeing-to-provide-update-on-boeings-orbital-flight-test-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA, Boeing to Provide Update on Boeing\u2019s Orbital Flight Test-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nhq202107290019_large.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nhq202107290019_large.jpeg?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Boeing\u2019s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nhq202107290019_large.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nhq202107290019_large.jpeg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nhq202107290019_large.jpeg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nhq202107290019_large.jpeg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nhq202107290019_large.jpeg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nhq202107290019_large.jpeg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nhq202107290019_large.jpeg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nhq202107290019_large.jpeg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nhq202107290019_large.jpeg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Boeing\u2019s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA and Boeing will hold a joint teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 19, to update media on the company\u2019s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. Teams will discuss work on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\/2021\/10\/08\/nasa-boeing-update-starliner-orbital-flight-test-2-status\/\" rel=\"noopener\">oxidizer isolation valve<\/a> issue that was discovered ahead of the planned uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants in the briefing will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Steve Stich, manager of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Vollmer, vice president and program manager, Boeing Commercial Crew Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michelle Parker, chief engineer, Boeing Space and Launch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Audio of the teleconference will stream live online at: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To participate in the teleconference, media must contact <a href=\"mailto:ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov\">ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov<\/a> by 1:30 p.m. Oct. 19 for the dial-in information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OFT-2 mission will launch Starliner on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Starliner will dock to the space station before returning to land in the western United States about a week later as part of an end-to-end test flight to prove the system is ready to fly crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joshua Finch<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\njoshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA and Boeing will hold a joint teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 19, to update media on the company\u2019s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. Teams will discuss work on the oxidizer isolation valve issue that was discovered ahead of the planned uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station in August. 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