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Longueuil (Quebec), March 1, 2024 – Media will be invited to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to cover the launch of Boeing's Starliner manned test flight to the International Space Station, scheduled for no earlier than April 22, 2024.
This manned test flight is an important step towards Starliner-1, the spacecraft's first operational mission, which is scheduled to launch in early 2025 at the earliest. Starliner-1 will be the first space mission for Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk: he will be the fourth Canadian Space Agency astronaut to stay on the International Space Station and the first to participate in a mission carried out as part of NASA's promotional program manned missions are carried out.
Joshua Kutryk will be the Capcom liaison for the human test flight at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
To attend the launch of the human test flight, Canadian media must apply for accreditation online by March 14, 2024, 11:59 p.m. ET (English only).
For detailed information, see NASA's media advisory.
What :
Media accreditation to attend the launch of the Boeing Starliner manned test flight to the International Space Station
Deadline:
March 14, 2024, 11:59 p.m. (ET)
Contact :
Accreditation requests are made online: https://media.ksc.nasa.gov (English only)
For questions about accreditation: [email protected]
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Canadian Space Agency
Media Relations Office
Phone: 450-926-4370
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.asc-csa.gc.ca
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