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NASA to Deliver Crew Tour Exam Status Update

.NASA will certainly organize a media tele-conference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to supply an update on the firm's Boeing Workers Air travel Test. Objective managers continue to assess the Starliner space capsule's readiness in advance of decisional meetings no earlier than upcoming full week regarding the come back of NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams.Sound of the teleconference will stream live on the firm's web site at:.https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.Individuals include:.Ken Bowersox, associate supervisor, NASA's Room Functions Objective Directorate.Joel Montalbano, deputy colleague supervisor, NASA's Space Operations Objective Directorate.Russ DeLoach, chief, NASA's Workplace of Safety and security as well as Purpose Assurance.NASA primary rocketeer Joe Acaba.Emily Nelson, primary tour supervisor, NASA's Trip Procedures Directorate.To ask inquiries in the course of the tele-conference, media have to RSVP zero behind pair of hours before the beginning of decision to Jimi Russell at: james.j.russell@nasa.gov. NASA's media accreditation policy is actually accessible online.NASA's Boeing Crew Air travel Test released on June 5 on a ULA (United Release Alliance) Atlas V rocket coming from Room Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Area Force Station in Fla. It is an end-to-end exam of the Starliner body as component of the company's Office Workers Program. With partnership along with American exclusive sector, NASA is opening access to reduced The planet orbit and the space station to even more individuals, scientific research, and commercial options.For NASA's blog post as well as additional information about the mission, check out:.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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov/ leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.