NASA Report Highlights Issues with Boeing and Its Starliner

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…

What Does NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Audit Reveal About Starliner and ISS Access?

NASA’s June 30, 2026, inspector general audit on NASA’s Management of Its Commercial Crew Program says the NASA Commercial Crew Program has succeeded in restoring United States crew launch capability, but has not yet delivered the fully redundant two-provider system NASA sought when it awarded contracts to SpaceX and Boeing in 2014. The audit centers on a sharp contrast: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon has carried astronauts to and from the International S…