CREW-9 PRE-LAUNCH BRIEFING, Sept 27, 2024, KSC, 5:00 pm ET

Update, September 25:  The launch is still on for September 28 and the pre-launch news conference is the day before, September 27, at 5:00 pm ET.  Watch on  NASA+, YouTube, Facebook, and the agency’s website.

Participants are:

• NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free
• Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate
• Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
• Dina Contella, deputy manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
• Jennifer Buchli, chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program
• William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build & Flight Reliability, SpaceX
• Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Update, September 24, 4:45 pm ET:  The launch has been postponed to no earlier than (NET) 1:17 pm ET on Saturday, September 28, due to tropical storm Helene, which is expected to become a hurricane.  The rescheduled date and time for this briefing has not been announced yet

Original Entry: NASA will hold a pre-launch briefing on September 25, 2024 at 3:00 pm ET at Kennedy Space Center for the launch of Crew-9 to the ISS, which is scheduled for September 16 at 2:05 pm ET.

Participants had not been announced as of September 19.

This event will air on NASA+ as will the crew’s arrival at KSC on September 21 and launch on September 26.  See our separate Calendar entries for details.