NASA officials say there is a “strong chance” that the next test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle will be uncrewed.

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A year after the launch of a flawed crewed test flight Starliner, NASA has yet to determine the next mission for the spacecraft with mixed signals about the vehicle’s future.

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Boeing executives said the company is making progress on containing the costs of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, but offered few details on technical work.

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A Crew Dragon spacecraft returned four people from the ISS March 18, including two NASA astronauts whose extended stay became entangled in controversy.

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Four people are on their way to the International Space Station on a typical crew rotation mission that has become enmeshed in political controversy.

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NASA will use SpaceX’s Crew Dragon for its two crew rotation missions to the International Space Station in 2025 as it continues to evaluate if it will require Boeing to perform another test flight of its Starliner spacecraft.

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Boeing expects to take up to several hundred million dollars in additional charges against earnings for its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew program in the third quarter.

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A Falcon 9 launched a NASA astronaut and Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Sept. 28 on the first crewed mission from a historic Cape Canaveral pad.

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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft successfully landed in New Mexico early Sept. 7, completing the Crew Flight Test mission but without any crew on board.

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NASA is preparing for the uncrewed return to Earth of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft as the agency begins work on changes to the spacecraft to correct problems found during its test flight.

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A veteran NASA astronaut and rookie Russian cosmonaut will fly to the International Space Station in September as the downsized crew of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, a ripple effect of problems with Boeing’s Starliner.

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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will depart from the International Space Station Sept. 6, ending a three-month flight that saw the spacecraft unable to demonstrate its ability to safely return astronauts from orbit.

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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will return from the International Space Station in September without the two astronauts on board who launched on it in June after NASA concluded thruster problems posed too much risk.

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NASA is postponing the launch of the next crew rotation mission to the International Space Station by a month as examines when, or if, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft can complete its test flight.

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Boeing took another loss on its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew program as the company works to prepare the spacecraft for its delayed return from the International Space Station.

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NASA and Boeing will fire thrusters on the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station this weekend in what may be a final test before approving the spacecraft’s delayed return to Earth.

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NASA and Boeing say it may be the end of July before they’re ready to return the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft from the International Space Station as they continue thruster tests.

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NASA and Boeing plan to keep the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at the International Space Station well into July to conduct additional tests, while emphasizing its two-person crew is not “stranded” in space.

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NASA and Boeing have pushed back the return of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft from the International Space Station until at least early July to continue studies of propulsion system problems.

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NASA and Boeing have again extended the stay of the CST-100 Starliner at the International Space Station as engineers wrap up analysis of thruster problems and helium leaks on the crewed spacecraft.

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NASA and Boeing will keep the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at the International Space Station for at least four more days to perform additional testing of the commercial crew vehicle before it returns to Earth.

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NASA confirmed that Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has suffered a fifth, although minor, helium leak in its propulsion system as engineers work to prepare the vehicle for its return to Earth next week.

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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on its first crewed flight June 6 after working through problems with the spacecraft’s thrusters.

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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is in orbit on its first crewed flight after two recent launch scrubs and years of development delays.

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