NASA chief blasts Boeing, space agency for failed Starliner astronaut mission

This view from the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shows Boeing’s Starliner docked to the International Space Station on July 3, 2024. NASA

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is blaming Boeing and his own agency for botching a test flight of the Starliner spacecraft, designed to take astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

A 311-page report details the issues that led to the failure of Starliner’s first crewed test flight, which in June 2024 launched NASA astronauts Butch Willmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Florida.

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