NASA hosts a prelaunch news conference from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, May 31, 2024, ahead of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Participants in the briefing included Jim Free, NASA associate administrator; Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; Dana Weigel, manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program; Mike Finke, NASA astronaut; Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Boeing’s Commercial Crew Program; Gary Wentz, vice president, Government and Commercial Programs, ULA (United Launch Alliance), Mark Burger, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will be the first to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff of the ULA Atlas V rocket is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 1, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral.
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May 31, 2024
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