NASA, Boeing to Discuss Crew Flight Test Mission, Ground Testing

The Starliner spacecraft on NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test is pictured docked to the Harmony module's forward port as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above the Mediterranean Sea. Photo credit: NASA

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.

Audio of the media teleconference will stream live on the agency's website. Participants include:

• Steve Stich, manager, NASA's Commercial Crew Program
• Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Boeing

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.

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