NASA and Boeing still uncertain about when Starliner will return to flight

NASA, Boeing committed to Starliner-1 launch despite unclear timeline

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, seen from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. Image: NASA. More than four months after NASA released a report classifying the 2024 Crew Flight Test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft as a Type A mishap, the timing of the return to flight mission remains up in the air and could be as far as a year away. During a pu…

NASA and Boeing still uncertain about when Starliner will return to flight

NASA’s safety advisers say that while progress continues in addressing problems with the CST-100 Starliner, it could be up to a year before it flies again.