Space

NASA to Give Crew Air Travel Test, Space Station Missions Update

.NASA will host a media teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 7, to cover recurring International Space Station operations, featuring the agency's Boeing Workers Air travel Exam and NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 goal.Audio of the instruction will stream survive NASA's internet site.Agency participants consist of:.Ken Bowersox, associate manager, Space Functions Goal Directorate.Steve Stich, supervisor, Commercial Crew Plan.Dana Weigel, manager, International Space Station Program.To talk to questions throughout the tele-conference, media have to RSVP zero behind pair of hrs prior to the beginning of decision to Jimi Russell at: james.j.russell@nasa.gov. NASA's media accreditation plan is actually accessible online.For more than 20 years, individuals have lived and also functioned continually aboard the International Space Station, progressing accurate knowledge, showing brand-new modern technologies, and also creating research discoveries certainly not possible on Earth. The station is actually an important testbed for NASA to understand and beat the challenges of long-duration spaceflight as well as to expand commercial possibilities in low Earth track. As business companies focus on giving individual area transport services and destinations as portion of a strong reduced Earth orbit economic climate, NASA's Artemis campaign is actually underway at the Moon, where the firm is organizing potential individual expedition of Mars.For additional information regarding the International Space Station, see:.https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station.- side-.Josh Finch/ Jimi RussellHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov.