NASA Audit Puts Boeing's Starliner Under an Even Bigger Microscope: When Will It Fly Astronauts Again?

Report links Starliner problems to overconfidence and unrealistic schedules

A new report links the long-running technical problems with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle to a combination of overconfidence, unrealistic schedules and NASA’s lack of insight into the vehicle. The post Report links Starliner problems to overconfidence and unrealistic schedules appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA inspector general suggests Boeing's Starliner will now be a decade late

Starliner's certification may be delayed to 2027, 10 years later than Boeing's original schedule.

NASA unsure Boeing Starliner will ever be certified for human flight

Place your bets, because it looks increasingly unlikely Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will carry astronauts again, if a NASA inspector general's report is anything to go on. Published on Tuesday, the OIG report on NASA's management of its Commercial Crew Program (CCP) examines how SpaceX and Boeing have performed in providing crew transportation to the International Space Station. The report notes that SpaceX worked through its own technical cha…

NASA audit puts Boeing's Starliner under an even bigger microscope: When will it fly astronauts again?

It's unclear when Boeing will be able to send more astronauts to the International Space Station, a new NASA audit warns.Technical issues with Boeing Starliner's spacecraft, across two uncrewed flights and a two-astronaut test mission known as Crew Flight Test (CFT), come under scrutiny in a new report about NASA's Commercial Crew Program from the agency's Office of the Inspector General (OIG)."Many of these [Starliner] issues are related to thr…

NASA report highlights issues with Boeing and its Starliner

The OIG report highlighted issues regarding Boeing and its Starliner capsule.

NASA Inspector General Questions $127.9 Million in Payments as Boeing Starliner Certification Slips to 2027

A NASA Office of Inspector General audit of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program released June 30 found that Boeing’s Starliner capsule will not achieve human-rating certification until 2027 at the earliest, leaving the agency with insufficient contracted flights to fully crew the International Space Station through its planned 2030 decommission.The report, IG-26-011, examined NASA’s management of the CCP and the performance of its two providers…