**Update Notice: Changes in Coverage and Schedule for NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test**
This advisory, last updated on May 3, 2024, has been revised to provide clarity on NASA Television's coverage of the post-launch news conference and to reflect an alteration in the docking time.
**Editor’s Notes:**
- This advisory was revised on Thursday, May 2, 2024, to update the list of participants for the pre-launch news conference on May 3.
- Another update was made on May 1, 2024, to reflect a change in the list of participants for the NASA Social panel live stream on May 3.
NASA is set to deliver live coverage of pre-launch and launch events for the Boeing Crew Flight Test, tasked with transporting NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to and from the International Space Station.
The launch of the ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket carrying the Boeing Starliner spacecraft is scheduled for 10:34 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 6, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The flight test mission will transport Wilmore and Williams to the space station for approximately one week to conduct tests on the Starliner spacecraft and its subsystems. These tests are crucial for NASA's certification of the transportation system for future rotational missions to the orbiting laboratory under the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.
Starliner is expected to dock to the forward-facing port of the station’s Harmony module at 12:46 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8.
Please note that the deadline for media accreditation for in-person coverage of this launch has passed. For inquiries regarding media accreditation, please email: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov. Details of the agency’s media credentialing policy are available online.
**NASA’s Mission Coverage Schedule:**
(All times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations)
**Wednesday, May 1**
- 1:30 p.m. – Virtual news conference at Kennedy with the flight test astronauts:
- NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore
- NASA astronaut Suni Williams
This conference will be streamed live on various platforms including NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website.
**Friday, May 3**
- 12:30 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference at Kennedy (no earlier than one hour after completion of the Launch Readiness Review) with the following participants:
- NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
- Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
- Dana Weigel, manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Jennifer Buchli, chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Boeing
- Gary Wentz, vice president, Government and Commercial Programs, ULA
- Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Live streaming available on multiple platforms.
- 3:30 p.m. – NASA Social panel live stream event at Kennedy with the following participants:
- NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free
- Ian Kappes, deputy launch vehicle office manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
- Amy Comeau Denker, Starliner associate chief engineer, Boeing
- Caleb Weiss, system engineering and test leader, ULA
- Jennifer Buchli, chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program
This event will be streamed live on various platforms.
**Monday, May 6**
- 6:30 p.m. – Launch coverage begins on various platforms.
- 10:34 p.m. – Launch.
- Launch coverage on NASA+ will end shortly after Starliner orbital insertion. Continuous coverage will be provided by NASA Television leading up to docking, through hatch opening, and welcome remarks.
**Tuesday, May 7**
- 12 a.m. – Post-launch news conference.
Live coverage available on various platforms.
- 10:15 p.m. – Arrival coverage resumes on NASA+, the NASA app, and YouTube, and continues on NASA Television and the agency’s website.
**Wednesday, May 8**
- 12:46 a.m. – Targeted docking to the forward-facing port of the station’s Harmony module.
- 2:35 a.m. – Hatch opening.
- 3:15 a.m. – Welcome remarks.
- 4:15 a.m. – Post-docking news conference at Johnson.
Live coverage available on various platforms.
**Additional Information:**
- All times are estimates and subject to adjustment based on post-launch operations.
- For the most up-to-date information on operations after launch, follow the space station blog.
- Audio-only coverage of news conferences and launch events will be available on the NASA “V” circuits. On launch day, “mission audio” will be accessible.
- Live video coverage prior to launch will be provided approximately 48 hours before liftoff.
- Launch day coverage will be available on the agency’s website, including live streaming and blog updates.
- For inquiries about countdown coverage, contact the Kennedy newsroom.
- Members of the public can register to attend the launch virtually through NASA’s virtual guest program.
- Stay engaged on social media using the hashtags #Starliner and #NASASocial and by following and tagging relevant accounts.
- Spanish coverage is available on NASA en Espanol’s platforms.
- For Spanish-language coverage inquiries at Kennedy Space Center or to request interviews, please contact Antonia Jaramillo or Messod Bendayan.
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