Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
Space fans will be glued to their screens for the historic liftoff, which will send NASA's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams toward theBut there will be other events to take in, both in the leadup to launch and in its aftermath. Here's a guide to the upcoming webcasts that will highlight themission, which is known as Crew Flight Test . You'll be able to watch all of them here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA.
The action starts on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. EDT , when NASA will hold a press conference with Wilmore and Williams.Next up is the prelaunch news conference, which will also be held at KSC. This event is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. EDT on Friday , though that time is tentative; the briefing will take place no earlier than one hour after the completion of CFT's launch readiness review.
The NASA livestream coverage will continue long past launch, all the way through Starliner's docking with the ISS and beyond.
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