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July 23, 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-102 NASA, Boeing to Discuss
Crew Flight Test Mission, Ground Testing
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 Leadership from NASA and Boeing will participate in a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 25, to provide the latest
status of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission aboard the International Space Station.
Participants include:
Media interested in participating must contact the newsroom at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no later than one hour prior
to the start of the call at ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov. A copy of NASA’s
media accreditation policy is online. Engineering teams with NASA and Boeing recently completed ground hot fire testing of a Starliner reaction control system thruster
at White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. The test series involved firing 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 burn that will position the spacecraft for a landing in the southwestern United States. Teams are analyzing the data from these tests, and leadership plans to discuss initial findings during the call. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the orbiting laboratory on June 6, after lifting off aboard a United 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 American 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:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
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