NASA BRIEFINGS FOR CREW-8 MISSION, Jan 25, 2024, JSC, 1:00 and 2:30 pm ET

Update, January 25:  Participants in the first briefing are:

• Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA Johnson
• Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station Program, NASA Johnson
• Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX
• Sergei Krikalev, executive director, Human Space Flight Programs, Roscosmos

Participants in the second briefing are the four Crew-8 astronuuts plus NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson who will launch to ISS on Soyuz MS-25 in March.

Original Entry: NASA will hold two briefings on January 25, 2024 from Johnson Space Center to discuss the upcoming Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for mid-February.

The briefings at 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm ET are posted on the NASA TV schedule as of January 13, but details have not been published.

Typically the first briefing is with agency officials. The second is with the crew. The four professional astronauts on this mission are

• Matthew Dominick (NASA), commander
• Michael Barrat (NASA), pilot
• Jeanette Epps (NASA), mission specialist
• Aleksandr Grebenkin (Roscosmos), mission specialist