Watch NASA, Boeing discuss Starliner astronaut mission today | Space

NASA and Boeing will provide an update about the Starliner capsule’s ongoing astronaut mission today (July 24), and you can watch it live.

The mission, called Crew Flight Test (CFT), launched on June 5, carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams toward the International Space Station (ISS) for a planned weeklong stay.

Starliner suffered thruster problems and helium leaks during its journey to the orbiting lab, however, and the capsule remains docked to the ISS while mission team members look into the issues.

We’ll get the latest information during today’s press conference, which starts at 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT). You can watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA.

The press conference will have two participants: Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and Mark Nappi, vice president and manager of Boeing’s Commercial Crew Program.

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NASA and Boeing engineers recently wrapped up some hot-fire testing with a Starliner thruster at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico — work that will be discussed during today’s briefing.