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Managers from NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) hosted a media teleconference to discuss ongoing work ahead of sending NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station as part of the agency\u2019s Boeing Crew Flight Test.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The media event provided an update on a valve ULA replaced on the Centaur upper stage of the Atlas V rocket, as well as a small helium leak in the spacecraft\u2019s service module, and a <\/span>propulsion system assessment to understand potential helium system impacts on some Starliner return scenarios<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Listen to a replay of the media teleconference <\/span>on the <\/span>agency\u2019s YouTube<\/span> channel<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Wilmore and Williams are the first to launch aboard Boeing\u2019s Starliner on an Atlas V rocket. The astronauts will spend about a week at the orbiting laboratory before the crew capsule makes a <\/span>parachute and airbag-assisted landing<\/span><\/a> in the southwestern United States.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The crew remains in quarantine in preparation for the launch. NASA, Boeing, and ULA also will participate in a Delta-Agency Flight Test Readiness Review on Wednesday, May 29, to evaluate the work performed since the last launch attempt on May 6.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Liftoff is scheduled for <\/span>12:25 p.m. Saturday, June 1<\/span>, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. After successful completion of the flight test, NASA will begin the final process of certifying Starliner and its systems for crewed rotation missions to the space station.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Learn more about NASA\u2019s Boeing Crew Flight Test by following the <\/span>mission<\/span><\/a> blog, the <\/span>commercial crew blog<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>@commercial_crew<\/span><\/a> on X, and <\/span>commercial crew<\/span><\/a> on Facebook.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Elyna Niles-Carnes <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Managers from NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) hosted a media teleconference to discuss ongoing work ahead of sending NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station as part of the agency\u2019s Boeing Crew Flight Test.\u00a0 The media event provided an update on a valve ULA replaced on the Centaur \u2026 Continue reading