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NASA will give live inclusion of prelaunch and send off exercises for the organization's Boeing Team Flight Test, which will convey NASA space explorers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to and from the Global Space Station.
Send off of the ULA (Joined Send off Coalition) Chart book V rocket and Boeing Starliner shuttle is focused on for 10:34 p.m. EDT Monday, May 6, from Space Send off Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Power Station in Florida.
The flight test will convey Wilmore and Williams to the space station for about seven days to test the Starliner rocket and its subsystems before NASA confirms the transportation framework for rotational missions to the circling research facility for the office's Business Group Program.
Starliner will dock to the front oriented port of the station's Concordance module at 12:46 a.m., Wednesday, May 8.
The cutoff time for media authorization for in-person inclusion of this send off has passed. The office's media credentialing strategy is accessible on the web. For inquiries regarding media authorization.
NASA's main goal inclusion is as per the following (all times Eastern and liable to change in light of ongoing tasks):
Wednesday, May 1
1:30 p.m. - Virtual news meeting at Kennedy with the flight test space travelers:
NASA space traveler Butch Wilmore || NASA space traveler Suni Williams || Inclusion of the virtual news meeting will stream live on NASA+, NASA TV, the NASA application, YouTube, and the organization's site.
Media might pose inquiries through telephone as it were. For the dial-in number and password, kindly contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 1, at: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Friday, May 3
12:30 p.m. - Prelaunch news gathering at Kennedy (no sooner than one hour after finishing of the Send off Status Audit) with the accompanying members:
NASA Executive Bill Nelson || Steve Stich, director, NASA's Business Team Program || Dana Weigel, supervisor, NASA's Worldwide Space Station Program || Jennifer Buchli, boss researcher, NASA's Global Space Station Program || Imprint Nappi, VP and program administrator, Business Group Program, Boeing.
Gary Wentz, VP, Government and Business Projects, ULA || Brian Cizek, send off weather conditions official, 45th Climate Unit, Cape Canaveral Space Power Station || Inclusion of the prelaunch news meeting will stream live on NASA+, NASA TV, the NASA application, YouTube, and the organization's site.
Media might pose inquiries face to face and by means of telephone. Restricted amphitheater space will be accessible for in-person support. For the dial-in number and password, media ought to contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than 11:30 a.m., Friday, May 3, at ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
3:30 p.m. - NASA Social board live stream occasion at Kennedy with the accompanying members:
NASA Partner Executive Jim Free || Ian Kappes, delegate send off vehicle office administrator, NASA's Business Team Program || Amy Comeau Denker, Starliner partner boss architect, Boeing || Caleb Weiss, framework designing and test pioneer, ULA || Jennifer Buchli, boss researcher, NASA's Worldwide Space Station Program.
Inclusion of the board live stream occasion will transfer inhabit @NASAKennedy on YouTube, @NASAKennedy on X, and @NASAKennedy on Facebook. Individuals from the general population might pose inquiries online by presenting inquiries on the YouTube, X, and Facebook livestreams utilizing #AskNASA.
Monday, May 6
6:30 p.m. - Send off inclusion starts on NASA+, NASA TV, the NASA application, YouTube, and the organization's site.
10:34 p.m. - Send off
Send off inclusion on NASA+ will end not long after Starliner orbital addition. NASA TV will give consistent inclusion paving the way to docking and through hatch opening and welcome comments.
Tuesday, May 7
12 a.m. - Postlaunch news gathering with the accompanying members:
NASA Partner Overseer Jim Free || Ken Bowersox, partner executive, NASA's Space Activities Mission Directorate || Steve Stich, chief, NASA's Business Group Program || Dana Weigel, supervisor, NASA's Worldwide Space Station Program || Imprint Nappi, VP and program administrator, Business Team Program, Boeing.
Gary Wentz, VP, Government and Business Projects, ULA || Inclusion of the postlaunch news gathering will air live on NASA+, NASA TV, the NASA application, YouTube, and the organization's site.
NASA+ will continue inclusion and NASA TV's public divert will part from in-circle inclusion to convey the postlaunch news gathering. Mission functional inclusion will forge ahead with NASA TV's media channel and the office's site. Once the postlaunch news gathering is finished, NASA+ inclusion will end, and mission inclusion will progress forward with both NASA channels.
Media might pose inquiries face to face and through telephone. Restricted theater space will be accessible for in-person support. For the dial-in number and password, media ought to contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than 10:30 p.m., Monday, May 6, at ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
10:15 p.m. - Appearance inclusion resumes on NASA+, the NASA application, and YouTube, and progresses forward with NASA TV and the organization's site.
Audio Only Coverage
Sound just of the news meetings and send off inclusion will be carried on the NASA "V" circuits, which might be gotten to by dialing 321-867-1220, - 1240 or - 7135. On send off day, "mission sound," commencement exercises without NASA TV send off analysis, will be carried on 321-867-7135.
Send off sound additionally will be accessible on Send off Data Administration and Novice TV Framework's VHF radio recurrence 146.940 MHz and KSC Beginner Radio Club's UHF radio recurrence 444.925 MHz, FM mode, heard inside Brevard Area on the Space Coast.
Live Video Coverage Prior to Launch
NASA will give a live video feed of Room Send off Complex-41 roughly 48 hours before the arranged takeoff of the mission. Forthcoming improbable specialized issues, the feed will be continuous until the prelaunch communicated starts on NASA TV, around four hours preceding send off. When the channel is live, think that it is here: http://youtube.com/kscnewsroom.
NASA Website Launch Coverage
Send off day inclusion of the mission will be accessible on the organization's site. Inclusion will incorporate live streaming and blog refreshes starting no sooner than 6:30 p.m., May 6 as the commencement achievements happen. On-request web based video and photographs of the send off will be accessible soon after takeoff.
For inquiries regarding commencement inclusion, contact the Kennedy newsroom at 321-867-2468. Follow commencement inclusion on the business group or the Team Flight Test blog.
Attend the Launch Virtually
Individuals from general society can enroll to essentially go to this send off. NASA's virtual visitor program for this mission likewise incorporates arranged send off assets, warnings about related open doors or changes, and a stamp for the NASA virtual visitor identification following send off.