NASA Invites Media to International Space Station Update

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	July 29, 2021  MEDIA ADVISORY M21-092 NASA Invites Media to International Space Station Update nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EDT today, Thursday, July 29, to discuss the status of International Space Station activities. Agency leadership from the International Space Station and Commercial Crew programs will provide an update following the docking of the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module, known as Nauka, and in advance of NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the space station. Following the module’s arrival and docking to the International Space Station at 9:29 a.m. Thursday, Russian cosmonauts aboard the space station conducted leak checks between Nauka and the service module. At 12:45 p.m., the flight control team noticed the unplanned firing of Nauka’s thrusters, which caused the station to move out of orientation. The crew was never and is not in any danger. Ground teams quickly regained attitude control and the motion of the space station is stable.  To allow the space station team time to continue working checkouts of the Nauka module and confirm the station is ready for Starliner’s arrival, NASA and Boeing have delayed the launch of the OFT-2 mission, which had been targeted for Friday, July 30. The launch team is assessing the next available opportunity. Audio of the teleconference will stream live online at: http://www.nasa.gov/live Briefing participants are: Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Joel Montalbano, manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program To participate in the teleconference, media must contact Kathryn Hambleton at kathryn.hambleton@xxxxxxxx by 4 p.m. today for dial-in information.  For more information about the International Space Station, its research, and crew, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station Learn more about the Commercial Crew Program at: https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew -end-
	Press Contacts Stephanie Schierholz / Kathryn Hambleton Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@xxxxxxxx / kathryn.hambleton@xxxxxxxx Dan Huot / Gary Jordan Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 daniel.g.huot@xxxxxxxx /gary.j.jordan@xxxxxxxx
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