Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China.
Credit: NASA
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to provide an update on the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test. Mission managers continue to evaluate the Starliner spacecraft's readiness in advance of decisional meetings no earlier than next week regarding the return of NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency's website at:
Participants include:
- Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate
- Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator, NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate
- Russ DeLoach, chief, NASA's Office of Safety and Mission Assurance
- NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba
- Emily Nelson, chief flight director, NASA's Flight Operations Directorate
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