NASA Invitations Media to First Astronaut Launch Aboard Boeing’s Starliner – NASA

As a part of NASA’s Industrial Crew Program, the company opened media accreditation for the launch of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Check to the Worldwide House Station. The mission would be the firm’s first Starliner spacecraft mission with crew.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will launch aboard Starliner on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and dock on the orbiting laboratory, the place they are going to keep for as much as two weeks. Liftoff is at present focused for mid-April 2024 from House Launch Advanced-41 at Cape Canaveral House Drive Station in Florida.

The mission will check the end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner system, together with launch, docking, and return to Earth within the desert of the western United States.

Following a profitable mission, NASA will start the ultimate technique of certifying Starliner and techniques for crewed missions to the area station.

U.S. media might apply individually for a photograph alternative throughout the rollout of the Starliner spacecraft from Boeing’s Industrial Cargo and Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy House Heart in Florida. The operational exercise is scheduled to happen in early April.

Media accreditation deadlines are as follows:

• Worldwide media with out U.S. citizenship enthusiastic about protecting the launch should apply by 11:59 p.m., Thursday, March 14
• U.S. media enthusiastic about a photograph alternative of Starliner rollout should apply by 11:59 p.m., Thursday, March 21
• U.S. media enthusiastic about protecting the launch should apply for credentials by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, April 7

All accreditation requests have to be submitted on-line at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

NASA’s media accreditation coverage is on-line. For questions on accreditation or particular logistical requests, please e mail: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov. Requests for area for satellite tv for pc vans, tents, or electrical connections are due by Monday, April 15.

For different questions, please contact the newsroom at NASA Kennedy: 321-867-2468.

Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo: 321-501-8425, o Messod Bendayan: 256-930-1371.

NASA’s Industrial Crew Program is working with the American aerospace trade by means of a public-private partnership to launch astronauts on American rockets and spacecraft from American soil. The aim of this system is to supply secure, dependable, and cost-effective transportation on area station missions, which can enable for added analysis time.

For extra details about the company’s Industrial Crew Program, go to:

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

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Joshua Finch / Julian Coltre
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov / julian.n.coltre@nasa.gov

Steve Siceloff / Danielle Sempsrott
Kennedy House Heart, Florida
321-867-2468
steven.p.siceloff@nasa.gov / danielle.c.sempsrott@nasa.gov

Leah Cheshier
Johnson House Heart, Houston
281-483-5111
leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov