Space

NASA to Give Staff Trip Exam, Spaceport Station Missions Update

.NASA will certainly hold a media tele-conference at 12:30 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 7, to go over ongoing International Space Station operations, featuring the company's Boeing Team Tour Test and also NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 purpose.Audio of the rundown are going to stream live on NASA's internet site.Firm participants feature:.Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, Room Workflow Objective Directorate.Steve Stich, manager, Industrial Workers Plan.Dana Weigel, supervisor, International Spaceport station System.To talk to questions during the tele-conference, media must RSVP absolutely no later than 2 hours before the start of decision to Jimi Russell at: james.j.russell@nasa.gov. NASA's media certification plan is readily available online.For greater than 20 years, folks have actually stayed and worked continually aboard the International Space Station, progressing technology, displaying new technologies, and bring in research discoveries certainly not achievable on Earth. The place is actually a vital testbed for NASA to comprehend and also get rid of the problems of long-duration spaceflight and also to grow industrial opportunities in reduced Planet track. As business firms pay attention to supplying human area transport companies and destinations as part of a strong reduced Earth orbit economic climate, NASA's Artemis initiative is actually underway at the Moon, where the agency is getting ready for potential human expedition of Mars.For additional information regarding the International Spaceport station, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station.- end-.Josh Finch/ Jimi RussellHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov.