{"id":648385,"date":"2024-04-16T17:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T21:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=press-release&p=648385"},"modified":"2024-04-18T13:47:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:47:49","slug":"nasa-to-host-a-pair-of-briefings-for-starliner-crew-flight","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-host-a-pair-of-briefings-for-starliner-crew-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA to Host a Pair of Briefings for Starliner Crew Flight"},"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-cover \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/starliner-crew.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 45% 0%; object-position: 45% 0%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/starliner-crew.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/starliner-crew.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/starliner-crew.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/starliner-crew.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/starliner-crew.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/starliner-crew.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/starliner-crew.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/starliner-crew.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/starliner-crew.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/starliner-crew.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA\u2019s Boeing Crew Flight Test Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams prepare for their mission in the company\u2019s Starliner spacecraft simulator at the agency\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA\/Robert Markowitz<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Editor’s note: This media advisory was updated Thursday, April 18, 2024, to reflect a change in the participant list.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA will host two media opportunities on Thursday, April 25, in preparation for the agency\u2019s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. The mission is targeting launch at 10:34 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 6, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will lift off aboard Boeing\u2019s Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and dock at the orbiting laboratory, where they will stay for about a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the agency\u2019s Commercial Crew Program, the mission is the first crewed flight for the Starliner spacecraft. The mission will test the end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner system, including launch, docking, and return to Earth in the western United States. Following a successful crewed flight test, NASA will begin the final process of certifying Starliner and systems for crewed missions to the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadline for media accreditation for in-person coverage of this launch has passed. The agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/nasa-agencywide-media-accreditation-policy\">media credentialing policy<\/a> is available online. For questions about media accreditation, please email: <a href=\"mailto:ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov\">ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, April 25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 p.m.: Crew arrival media event at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the following participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Jenn Kunz, associate director, NASA Kennedy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dana Hutcherson, deputy program manager, NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NASA astronaut Suni Williams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Crew arrival will air live on <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/nasas-boeing-crew-flight-test-astronaut-arrival\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA+<\/a>, NASA Television, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/apps\/\">NASA app<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NASA\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\">website<\/a>. Learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/how-to-stream-nasa-tv\/\">stream NASA TV<\/a> through a variety of platforms including social media. Questions are limited to in-person media only. Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/commercial_crew\" rel=\"noopener\">Commercial Crew<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nasakennedy\" rel=\"noopener\">Kennedy Space Center<\/a> for the latest arrival updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6 p.m.: Flight Test Readiness Review media teleconference (no less than one hour following completion of the readiness review), with the following participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Jim Free, NASA associate administrator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steve Stich, manager, NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dana Weigel, manager, NASA\u2019s International Space Station Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Boeing Commercial Crew Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Media may participate via phone only. For the dial-in number and passcode, please contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than 4 p.m. on April 25, at: <a href=\"mailto:ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov\">ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program has delivered on its goal of safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station from the United States through a partnership with American private industry. This partnership is changing the arc of human spaceflight history by opening access to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station to more people, more science, and more commercial opportunities. The space station remains the springboard to NASA’s next great leap in space exploration, including future missions to the Moon and, eventually, to Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For NASA’s launch blog and more information about the mission, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joshua Finch \/ Claire O\u2019Shea<br>Headquarters, Washington<br>202-358-1100<br><a href=\"mailto:joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov\">joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:claire.a.oshea@nasa.gov\">claire.a.oshea@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steven Siceloff \/ Danielle Sempsrott \/ Stephanie Plucinsky <br>Kennedy Space Center, Florida<br>321-867-2468<br><a href=\"mailto:Steven.p.siceloff@nasa.gov\">steven.p.siceloff@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:Danielle.c.sempsrott@nasa.gov\">danielle.c.sempsrott@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a 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