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NASA to Offer Workers Air Travel Examination Condition Update

.NASA will definitely hold a media tele-conference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to deliver an improve on the agency's Boeing Crew Air travel Test. Purpose managers continue to assess the Starliner space probe's preparedness ahead of decisional appointments no earlier than following week regarding the come back of NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.Sound of the tele-conference will certainly stream survive the firm's site at:.https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.Participants consist of:.Ken Bowersox, associate manager, NASA's Area Operations Objective Directorate.Joel Montalbano, deputy associate manager, NASA's Room Functions Mission Directorate.Russ DeLoach, main, NASA's Workplace of Security and Purpose Guarantee.NASA primary astronaut Joe Acaba.Emily Nelson, chief trip director, NASA's Tour Procedures Directorate.To talk to questions during the course of the teleconference, media must RSVP absolutely no later than pair of hrs before the begin of decision to Jimi Russell at: james.j.russell@nasa.gov. NASA's media certification policy is available online.NASA's Boeing Staff Air travel Test launched on June 5 on a ULA (United Launch Partnership) Atlas V spacecraft from Space Release Complex-41 at Peninsula Canaveral Room Troop Terminal in Florida. It is an end-to-end examination of the Starliner system as portion of the agency's Office Workers Program. Via partnership along with United States personal industry, NASA is opening accessibility to low Earth orbit and the spaceport station to even more people, scientific research, as well as business possibilities.For NASA's blog post as well as additional details regarding the goal, go to:.https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew.- end-.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.