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<\/a>NASA\u2019s arrival coverage of Boeing\u2019s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station is now underway on NASA+<\/a>, NASA Television, the NASA app<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s website<\/a>. Docking is scheduled at approximately 12:15 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 6.<\/p>\n NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore<\/a> and Suni Williams<\/a> launched safely on the Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 10:52 a.m. June 5 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.<\/p>\n The Starliner crew continues to make their way to the space station. During flight, Wilmore and Williams successfully performed manual piloting demonstrations of Starliner and completed a sleep period. Prior to crew sleep, mission teams identified three helium leaks in the spacecraft. One of these was previously discussed before flight along with a management plan, and the other two are new since the spacecraft arrived in orbit. To monitor and manage these leaks, the three helium manifolds were isolated. Those manifolds have all been reopened prior to a Starliner height adjust burn, called NHPC. All affected manifolds will remain open for rendezvous and docking operations.<\/p>\n Following in-flight reviews of the mission and helium leaks, the Starliner and International Space Station mission management teams are \u201cgo\u201d to proceed with space station arrival. The flight control team will continue to monitor the leak rates in Starliner\u2019s propulsion system.\u00a0After docking, all of Starliner manifolds will be closed per normal plans. All other Starliner systems are functioning normally.<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s arrival and in-flight event coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):<\/p>\n 12:15 p.m. \u2013 Targeted docking<\/p>\n 2 p.m. \u2013 Hatch opening<\/p>\n 2:20 p.m. \u2013 Welcome remarks<\/p>\n 3:30 p.m. \u2013 Post-docking news conference at NASA Johnson with the following participants:<\/p>\n Coverage of the post-docking news conference will air live on NASA+<\/a>, NASA Television, the NASA app<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n To attend the post-docking briefing, U.S. media must contact the NASA Johnson newsroom at:\u00a0jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov<\/a> or 281-483-5111 by 1 p.m. June 6. To join by phone, media must contact the NASA Johnson newsroom by 3 p.m. June 6.<\/p>\n 5:50 p.m. \u2013 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Associate Administrator Jim Free, Associate Administrator for Space Operations Ken Bowersox, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche will speak with Wilmore and Williams about their launch aboard the Starliner spacecraft.<\/p>\n Coverage of the Earth to space call will air live on NASA+<\/a>, NASA Television, the NASA app<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog<\/a>, @space_station<\/a> and @ISS_Research<\/a> on X, as well as the ISS Facebook<\/a> and ISS Instagram<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly updates from NASA Johnson Space Center at: https:\/\/roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here: www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA\u2019s arrival coverage of Boeing\u2019s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station is now underway on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency\u2019s website. Docking is scheduled at approximately 12:15 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 6. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched safely on the Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch \u2026 Continue reading \n
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