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NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test Condition Update

.NASA will certainly host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to provide an update on the firm's Boeing Staff Trip Exam. Objective managers remain to assess the Starliner space capsule's readiness before decisional meetings no earlier than next full week regarding the profits of NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.Sound of the teleconference will stream survive on the company's website at:.https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.Participants consist of:.Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA's Area Functions Goal Directorate.Joel Montalbano, deputy partner administrator, NASA's Room Operations Objective Directorate.Russ DeLoach, chief, NASA's Workplace of Safety and Goal Guarantee.NASA main rocketeer Joe Acaba.Emily Nelson, primary air travel supervisor, NASA's Flight Procedures Directorate.To inquire inquiries during the course of the tele-conference, media need to RSVP no beyond 2 hours just before the begin of the call to Jimi Russell at: james.j.russell@nasa.gov. NASA's media certification policy is actually offered online.NASA's Boeing Team Tour Exam introduced on June 5 on a ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket coming from Space Introduce Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Area Force Station in Florida. It is an end-to-end examination of the Starliner system as aspect of the organization's Industrial Crew Course. By means of relationship with American personal sector, NASA levels accessibility to reduced Earth orbit as well as the spaceport station to more people, science, and industrial possibilities.For NASA's blog and even more relevant information concerning the mission, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew.- edge-.Josh Finch/ Jimi RussellHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov.Courtney Beasley/ Leah CheshierJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov/ leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.